Identifying latent classes of suicidal ambivalence: Associations with suicide risk correlates and outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Research has largely conceptualized suicidal ambivalence as the difference between one's wish to live and wish to die without fully considering other suicide ideation (SI) experiences included on measures like the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSS). We utilized BSS items to identify SI latent classes and examined relevant correlates and outcomes.

Methods

We collected self-report data from two samples of US adults who: (1) self-identified as LGBTQ+ (N = 349; cross-sectional) and (2) self-reported past-week SI (BSS score ≥ 11; N = 133; 3 timepoints).

Results

Latent class analyses supported three-class (Sample 1) and four-class solutions (Sample 2), which included ambivalent classes. In Sample 1, sexual orientation, gender, depression, anxiety, SI, and su

SUBMITTER: Mitchell S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11479826 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature