Wood David S, Heath Kelsie, Murdock Lyndsay
School of Social Work, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
Mil Psychol. 2024 Nov 5:1-9. doi: 10.1080/08995605.2024.2414561.
Veterans in the United States are affected by suicide at higher rates than the general population. This may be due to a higher probability for veterans to use more lethal methods of suicides such as firearms. While veterans often decline to disclose suicidal tendencies to healthcare providers, they show higher connectedness and willingness to heed the advice of peers. Considering this information, it is important to analyze how veteran peers could assist in a suicidal crisis. Veteran responses ( = 1,247) to the Gatekeeper Behavior Scale (GBS) and Firearm Safety Scale (FSS) were analyzed to determine predictive traits of willingness to assist a peer securely store or disable firearms during a suicidal crisis. Results show that veterans are willing to assist in securing firearms to prevent suicide death but are more willing to do so by locking, removing or disabling the firearms than storing them with law enforcement. Older veterans were also more likely to report a willingness to intervene than their younger peers. Of the GBS predictors, only the Likeliness to Help subscale predicted a willingness to intervene with firearm safety. Recommendations for training and interventions that further encourage helping behavior during suicidal episodes are discussed.
美国退伍军人的自杀率高于普通人群。这可能是因为退伍军人使用枪支等更致命自杀方式的可能性更高。虽然退伍军人通常不愿向医疗服务提供者透露自杀倾向，但他们表现出更高的联系度以及听从同龄人建议的意愿。考虑到这些信息，分析退伍军人同龄人如何在自杀危机中提供帮助很重要。分析了退伍军人对守门人行为量表（GBS）和枪支安全量表（FSS）的回答（n = 1247），以确定在自杀危机期间协助同龄人安全存放枪支或使其失效的意愿的预测特征。结果表明，退伍军人愿意协助确保枪支安全以防止自杀死亡，但更愿意通过锁定、移除或使枪支失效的方式来做到这一点，而不是将其交给执法部门保管。与年轻同龄人相比，年长的退伍军人也更有可能报告有干预的意愿。在GBS预测因素中，只有“帮助可能性”子量表预测了对枪支安全进行干预的意愿。文中讨论了进一步鼓励在自杀事件中提供帮助行为的培训和干预建议。
