Implicit Measure of the Fearlessness about Death and Its Mediating Effect between Implicit Suicide Ideation and Suicide Attempt
Objective:To explore the implicit measure of the fearlessness about death and examine its moderating effect in the mechanism from implicit suicide ideation to suicide attempt.Methods:The Fearlessness about Death IAT,Death/Suicide IAT,suicidal thoughts and behavior history,Suicidal Behavior Screening Questionnaire and Acquired Capability of Suicide Scale were measured in 45 suicidal college students.And a follow-up measurement was performed after one month.Results:(1)There were significant differences in implicit fearlessness about death;(2)In the mechanism from implicit sui-cide ideation to suicide attempt,there was a marginally significant moderating effect of implicit fearlessness about death,as implicit suicide ideation significantly predicted the suicide attempt only in individuals with medium and high levels of im-plicit fearlessness about death.Conclusion:The implicit fearlessness about death was able to significantly discriminate be-tween individuals with different suicidal thoughts and behavior history;the effect of implicit fearlessness in ideation-at-tempt mechanism needs to be further explored.
Implicit suicide ideationImplicit fearlessness about deathSuicide attemptImplicit association test