The duality of grit in suicidal thoughts and capability in U.S. service members
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Keyne Law, Ph.D.
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Presentation
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Completed quantitative research study
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Psychology
Location
the Cascade Room in Upper Gwinn
Description
We aim to examine whether Painful and Provocative Events (PPE) increase suicidal ideation (SI) in addition to Aquired Capability for Suicide (ACS), and how grit moderates those relationships. Servicemembers (n = 833) completed the Painful and Provocative Events Scale (Forest et al, 2019), Grit Scale (Duckworth et al., 2007), Acquired Capability for Suicide - Fearlessness About Death Scale (Ribeiro et al, 2014), and Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (Beck et al., 1991). Using a series of regression analyses, we found more PPEs were associated with ACS (b = 4.83, p <.001), but not SI. Additionally, increased ACS was associated with increased PPEs (b = 0.12, p <.001) and grit (b = 1.27, p < .001) while increased SI was associated with increased PPEs (b = 0.07, p = .009) and decreased grit (b = -2.04, p <.001). These results support previous research that grit protects against ideation (Blalock et al., 2015, Kim, 2015) yet contributes to increased acquired capability (Anestis & Selby, 2015).
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The duality of grit in suicidal thoughts and capability in U.S. service members
the Cascade Room in Upper Gwinn
We aim to examine whether Painful and Provocative Events (PPE) increase suicidal ideation (SI) in addition to Aquired Capability for Suicide (ACS), and how grit moderates those relationships. Servicemembers (n = 833) completed the Painful and Provocative Events Scale (Forest et al, 2019), Grit Scale (Duckworth et al., 2007), Acquired Capability for Suicide - Fearlessness About Death Scale (Ribeiro et al, 2014), and Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (Beck et al., 1991). Using a series of regression analyses, we found more PPEs were associated with ACS (b = 4.83, p <.001), but not SI. Additionally, increased ACS was associated with increased PPEs (b = 0.12, p <.001) and grit (b = 1.27, p < .001) while increased SI was associated with increased PPEs (b = 0.07, p = .009) and decreased grit (b = -2.04, p <.001). These results support previous research that grit protects against ideation (Blalock et al., 2015, Kim, 2015) yet contributes to increased acquired capability (Anestis & Selby, 2015).
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Also presented at IMTA, Raleigh, NC, February 2022