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  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Suicidal ideation presents diverse phenomenology.
  • Emotion-related impulsivity, a tendency towards unconstrained actions during intense emotions, is a potential risk variable.
  • Understanding impulsivity's role may clarify variations in suicidal ideation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between emotion-related impulsivity and specific features of suicidal ideation.
  • To test the hypothesis that emotion-related impulsivity is associated with severity, controllability, course, and antecedents of suicidal ideation.

Main Methods:

  • Two adult samples (N=421, 221) were recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk.
  • Participants completed online self-report measures assessing impulsivity dimensions and suicidal ideation characteristics.
  • Oversampling was employed for individuals experiencing suicidal ideation.

Main Results:

  • A specific form of emotion-related impulsivity was found to correlate with the severity of suicidal ideation.
  • This impulsivity dimension also related to the perceived lack of controllability and dynamic course of ideation.
  • Emotion-related impulsivity was associated with affective and cognitive precursors of suicidal ideation.

Conclusions:

  • Findings underscore the importance of examining specific dimensions of impulsivity in relation to suicidal ideation.
  • Specificity in assessing both impulsivity and suicidal ideation is crucial for a nuanced understanding.
  • Despite study limitations (cross-sectional design, self-report), the results highlight a significant link.