Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2020 Jun;50(3):668-678. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12624. Epub 2020 Feb 13.
Unlike many investigations that focus on suicide ideation rather than suicidal behavior, the present research evaluates the merit and relative efficacy of psychache (i.e., unbearable mental pain) for predicting self-reported suicide attempts among university students who are starting university.
A sample of 516 elevated-risk undergraduates was assessed during the first three weeks of starting university and, again, 10 weeks later.
Psychache and depression, but not hopelessness, could predict change in suicide attempter status. When measures of psychache, depression, and hopelessness were considered simultaneously, only psychache provided significant, unique predictive power.
Findings are interpreted as supporting Shneidman's model whereby psychache is seen as the cause of suicide.
与许多关注自杀意念而非自杀行为的研究不同，本研究评估了心理痛苦（即无法忍受的精神痛苦）对于预测刚入大学的大学生自述自杀企图的价值和相对效果。
在入大学的前 3 周和 10 周后，对 516 名高风险本科生进行了评估。
心理痛苦和抑郁，但不是绝望，可以预测自杀企图者状态的变化。当同时考虑心理痛苦、抑郁和绝望的测量值时，只有心理痛苦提供了显著的、独特的预测能力。
研究结果解释为支持 Shneidman 的模型，即心理痛苦被视为自杀的原因。
