I Can Stomach That! Fearlessness About Death Predicts Attenuated Facial Electromyography Activity in Response to Death-Related Images

Elizabeth A. Velkoff; Lauren N. Forrest; Dorian R. Dodd; April R. Smith

doi:10.1111/sltb.12194

I Can Stomach That! Fearlessness About Death Predicts Attenuated Facial Electromyography Activity in Response to Death-Related Images

Elizabeth A. Velkoff, Lauren N. Forrest, Dorian R. Dodd, April R. Smith

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Objective measures of suicide risk can convey life-saving information to clinicians, but few such measures exist. This study examined an objective measure of fearlessness about death (FAD), testing whether FAD relates to self-reported and physiological aversion to death. Females (n = 87) reported FAD and disgust sensitivity, and facial electromyography was used to measure physiological facial responses consistent with disgust while viewing death-related images. FAD predicted attenuated expression of physiological death aversion, even when controlling for self-reported death-related disgust sensitivity. Diminished physiological aversion to death-related stimuli holds promise as an objective measure of FAD and suicide risk.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	313-322
Number of pages	10
Journal	Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Volume	46
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12194
State	Published - Jun 1 2016

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