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Nadia Bounoua1, Jasmeet P Hayes2,3, Naomi Sadeh1
1Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
Affective impulsivity and risky behaviors are key indicators differentiating veterans with self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (STaB) from those with only thoughts (ST) or low risk. This helps identify high-risk veterans.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Veterans' Health
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Suicide rates among veterans are rising, necessitating research into identifying high-risk individuals.
- Trauma-exposed veterans are a population of concern for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (STB).
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if affective impulsivity and risky behaviors differentiate typologies of STB in trauma-exposed veterans.
- To identify distinct profiles of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors.
Main Methods:
- Latent profile analysis of self-report measures from 95 trauma-exposed veterans.
- Assessment of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors, impulsivity, and clinical symptoms.
Main Results:
- Three distinct classes emerged: low STB, self-injurious thoughts (ST) only, and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (STaB).
- The STaB class exhibited higher affective impulsivity, disinhibition, and distress/arousal compared to other classes.
- Affective impulsivity and risky behaviors characterized veterans in the STaB group.
Conclusions:
- Affective impulsivity and risky behaviors are crucial characteristics associated with self-injurious behaviors in veterans.
- Findings aid in understanding and potentially intervening with high-risk veteran populations.
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