title: Use of the Modified Emotional Stroop Task to Detect Suicidality in College Population.
abstract: This cross-sectional study investigated the usefulness of the emotional Stroop task (EST) as a behavioral marker for suicidal behaviors in a college population. Eight hundred twenty college students were asked to perform on the EST and to respond to suicide-related self-report measures. The results indicated that past suicide attempters were slower in responding to the word "suicide" as compared to nonattempters, and female past attempters showed more delayed response when their most recent attempt was made in the past 12 months. We did not find evidence that the EST could outperform the traditional self-report measures.
authors.affiliation: The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Yeunjoo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Jeglic
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D057190:Stroop Test; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult; D000092864:Suicide Prevention