Repetitive negative thinking about suicide: Associations with lifetime suicide attempts
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Teismann, Tobias
Forkmann, Thomas
Michalak, Johannes
Brailovskaia, Julia
Abstract / Description
Background: Repetitive negative thinking has been identified as an important predictor of suicide ideation and suicidal behavior. Yet, only few studies have investigated the effect of suicide-specific rumination, i.e., repetitive thinking about death and/or suicide on suicide attempt history. On this background, the present study investigated, whether suicide-specific rumination differentiates between suicide attempters and suicide ideators, is predictive of suicide attempt history and mediates the association between suicide ideation and suicide attempts. Method: A total of 257 participants with a history of suicide ideation (55.6% female; Age M = 30.56, Age SD = 11.23, range: 18–73 years) completed online measures on suicidality, general and suicide-specific rumination. Results: Suicide-specific rumination differentiated suicide attempters from suicide ideators, predicted suicide attempt status (above age, gender, suicide ideation, general rumination) and fully mediated the association between suicide ideation and lifetime suicide attempts. Conclusion: Overall, though limited by the use of a non-clinical sample and a cross-sectional study design, the present results suggest that suicide-specific rumination might be a factor of central relevance in understanding transitions to suicidal behavior.
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repetitive negative thinking rumination suicide ideation suicide attemptsPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2021-09-30
Journal title
Clinical Psychology in Europe
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3
Issue
3
Article number
Article e5579
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PsychOpen GOLD
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Teismann, T., Forkmann, T., Michalak, J., & Brailovskaia, J. (2021). Repetitive negative thinking about suicide: Associations with lifetime suicide attempts. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 3(3), Article e5579. https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.5579
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Teismann, Tobias
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Forkmann, Thomas
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Michalak, Johannes
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Brailovskaia, Julia
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Date of first publication2021-09-30
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Abstract / DescriptionBackground: Repetitive negative thinking has been identified as an important predictor of suicide ideation and suicidal behavior. Yet, only few studies have investigated the effect of suicide-specific rumination, i.e., repetitive thinking about death and/or suicide on suicide attempt history. On this background, the present study investigated, whether suicide-specific rumination differentiates between suicide attempters and suicide ideators, is predictive of suicide attempt history and mediates the association between suicide ideation and suicide attempts. Method: A total of 257 participants with a history of suicide ideation (55.6% female; Age M = 30.56, Age SD = 11.23, range: 18–73 years) completed online measures on suicidality, general and suicide-specific rumination. Results: Suicide-specific rumination differentiated suicide attempters from suicide ideators, predicted suicide attempt status (above age, gender, suicide ideation, general rumination) and fully mediated the association between suicide ideation and lifetime suicide attempts. Conclusion: Overall, though limited by the use of a non-clinical sample and a cross-sectional study design, the present results suggest that suicide-specific rumination might be a factor of central relevance in understanding transitions to suicidal behavior.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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CitationTeismann, T., Forkmann, T., Michalak, J., & Brailovskaia, J. (2021). Repetitive negative thinking about suicide: Associations with lifetime suicide attempts. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 3(3), Article e5579. https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.5579en_US
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ISSN2625-3410
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/5179
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.5783
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.5579
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.5036
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Keyword(s)repetitive negative thinkingen_US
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Keyword(s)ruminationen_US
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Keyword(s)suicide ideationen_US
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Keyword(s)suicide attemptsen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleRepetitive negative thinking about suicide: Associations with lifetime suicide attemptsen_US
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Article numberArticle e5579
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Issue3
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Journal titleClinical Psychology in Europe
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Volume3
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