Predicting the Transition From Suicidal Ideation to Suicide Attempt Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youths.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Sexual and gender minority youths are more likely to consider, attempt, and die by suicide than are heterosexual and cisgender youths, yet little is known about how to predict future attempts or transitions from suicidal thoughts to behaviors. Additionally, adaptive measurement of psychopathology is a promising approach that may help characterize risk in this population. This study examined the validity of the Computerized Adaptive Test for Suicide Scale (CAT-SS) in predicting suicide attempts and the transition from suicidal ideation to attempt.

Methods

The CAT-SS was administered to participants of two ongoing cohort studies of sexual and gender minority adolescents and young adults (N=1,006). Survival analyses examined longitudinal associations between CAT-SS sc

SUBMITTER: Berona J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8570968 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature