Abstract
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) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 313-322 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1 2016 |
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Clinical Psychology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Psychiatry and Mental health
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