title: Suicide risk characteristics among aborted, interrupted, and actual suicide attempters.
abstract: Few studies have investigated suicide risk characteristics associated with interrupted and aborted suicide attempts. The present study aimed to empirically examine whether assessing a history of interrupted and aborted suicide attempts is valuable when assessing suicide risk, given the relative lack of literature in this area to date. To inform this question, the current study examined differences in risk factors for suicidal behavior among individuals who have carried out a suicide attempt, individuals who report having a history of only interrupted and/or aborted suicide attempts, and non-attempter controls. Approximately 447 undergraduates (M=21.10 years; SD=4.16; 77.6% female) completed measures of carried out suicide attempts, interrupted suicide attempts, aborted suicide attempts, acquired capability for suicide, suicide likelihood, depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and non-suicidal self-injury. Results suggest that a faction of individuals endorse interrupted and/or aborted suicide attempts (8.7%), but do not endorse carried out suicide attempts, even in non-clinical samples. Furthermore, results suggest that there are few clinically meaningful differences between those with a history of carried out suicide attempts and interrupted/aborted suicide attempts, suggesting that individuals with a history of these lesser studied suicidal behaviors are an important group to target for suicide risk intervention.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: taylor.burke@temple.edu.
authors.forename: Taylor A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Brooke A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Ammerman
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Stange
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Lauren B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Alloy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
keywords: Acquired capability; Behavioral forecast; Belongingness; Burdensomeness; Non-suicidal self-injury; Suicidal ideation