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Coppersmith, D. D. L., Millgram, Y., Kleiman, E., Fortgang, R., Millner, A., Frumkin, M. R., … Nock, M. (2023). Suicidal Thinking as Affect Regulation. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science.
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Coppersmith, Daniel D. L., Yael Millgram, Evan Kleiman, Rebecca Fortgang, Alex Millner, Madelyn R. Frumkin, Kate Bentley, and Matthew Nock. “Suicidal Thinking as Affect Regulation.” Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science (2023).
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Coppersmith, Daniel D. L., et al. “Suicidal Thinking as Affect Regulation.” Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 2023.
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@article{daniel2023a,
title = {Suicidal Thinking as Affect Regulation},
year = {2023},
journal = {Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science},
author = {Coppersmith, Daniel D. L. and Millgram, Yael and Kleiman, Evan and Fortgang, Rebecca and Millner, Alex and Frumkin, Madelyn R. and Bentley, Kate and Nock, Matthew}
}
Nine percent of people worldwide report thinking about suicide at some point during their lives. A fundamental question we currently lack a clear answer to is: why do suicidal thoughts persist over time? One possibility is that suicidal thoughts serve adaptive functions for people who experience them. We tested whether suicidal thinking may serve as a form of affect regulation. In a real-time monitoring study among adults with recent suicidal thoughts (N = 105), we found that participants often endorsed using suicidal thinking as a form of affect regulation. The occurrence of suicidal thinking was followed by decreased negative affect. However, when assessing the direction of the relationship between suicidal thinking and negative affect, we also found positive bidirectional associations between them. Finally, using suicidal thinking as a form of affect regulation predicted the frequency and severity of suicidal thinking at later time points. These findings may help explain the persistence of suicidal thoughts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).