Physiological and cognitive reactivity to social exclusion among emerging adults with versus without a suicide attempt history.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding cognitive responses to stress among individuals at risk for suicide attempts may help identify intervention targets to decrease the risk of future attempts. We examined differences between individuals with and without a suicide attempt history in physiological and cognitive responses to social exclusion.

Methods

Emerging adults with (n = 37) and without (n = 39) a suicide attempt history were assigned to a social exclusion or control (inclusion) condition. Saliva samples were taken before and after the stressor to measure salivary cortisol. Participants then completed behavioral measures of impulsivity, problem solving, and semantic interference from suicide-related words.

Results

There were no differences in cortisol reactivity

SUBMITTER: Rosario-Williams B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12646608 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature