title: Interpersonal violence, alcohol use, and acquired capability for suicide.
abstract: Acquired capability for suicide (ACS), defined as pain tolerance and fearlessness about death, is theorized as necessary to enact suicide. This study examined the associations of interpersonal violence and alcohol use with ACS in 502 college students. General fearlessness/pain tolerance was positively associated with male gender and alcohol use. Fearlessness about death was positively associated with male gender and general physical violence perpetration. However, these risk factors did not explain variance in ACS beyond male gender and history of suicide attempts/nonsuicidal self-injury. These findings add to the understanding of ACS correlates.
authors.affiliation: a Psychology Department , University of Tennessee-Knoxville , Knoxville , Tennesee , USA.
authors.forename: Caitlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wolford-Clevenger
authors.forename: Jeniimarie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Febres
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zapor
authors.forename: JoAnna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Elmquist
authors.forename: Chloe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bliton
authors.forename: Gregory L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Stuart
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology; D001293:Attitude to Death; D035841:Behavioral Research; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005239:Fear / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult; D000092864:Suicide Prevention