Predicting concurrent and short-term desire and intent to attempt suicide among people with body dysmorphic disorder using ecological momentary assessment of anxiety and shame.

ABSTRACT: Anxiety and shame are central, elevated emotions in body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) that are implicated as risk factors for suicide in suicide theories and are associated with suicide risk in cross-sectional BDD studies. Given that emotions are transient and suicide risk can increase quickly, risk prediction in BDD may be enhanced by measuring momentary anxiety and shame. In 87 adults with moderate to severe, clinician-diagnosed BDD, we collected ecological momentary assessment-rated anxiety and shame 3 times daily for two 14-day periods (28 days). We used generalized linear mixed models to estimate associations of concurrent or next-observation ecological momentary assessment-rated (a) intensity of desire to die by suicide and (b) intention (absent/present) to attempt suicide, above baseli

SUBMITTER: Weingarden H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12614476 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature