What underlies death/suicide implicit association test measures and how it contributes to suicidal action
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21591936 |
|---|---|
| Authors | René Baston (0000-0001-9904-3729, Department of Philosophy Heinrich-Heine University, Universitaetsstrasse 1, Duesseldorf, Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 993-1016 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-5089 • E-ISSN: 1465-394X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09515089.2022.2061342 |
| OpenAlex | W4225333510 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 72 |
Recently, psychologists have developed indirect measurement procedures to predict suicidal behavior. A prominent example is the Death/Suicide Implicit Association Test (DS-IAT). In this paper, I argue that there is something special about the DS-IAT which distinguishes it from different IAT measures. I argue that the DS-IAT does not measure weak or strong associations between the implicit self-concept and the abstract concept of death. In contrast, assuming a goal-system approach, I suggest that sorting death-related to self-related words takes effort because death-related words trigger avoidance-impulses, which suicide ideation weakens. The DS-IAT taps into weakened automatic responses from the self-preservation system. Additionally, the suggested cognitive structure, illuminated with the selfish-goal theory, explains predictable suicidal behavior
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Implicit attitude · Implicit-association test · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
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Fears, phobias, and preparedness
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The Effect of Mortality Salience on Implicit Bias
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Do features of stimuli influence IAT effects
The Things We Do and Why We Do Them
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An inkblot for attitudes
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |