Profiles of Risk for Suicidal Behavior in Past and Current United States Military Personnel: Latent Profile Analysis of Current Risk Factors

Publication Date

1-2-2020

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Psychology

Keywords

Latent profile analysis, Suicidal behavior, Suicidal ideation, Suicide risk factors

Abstract

Person-centered approaches are underutilized to identify people with shared risk profiles. In this study, an at-risk sample of 773 past/current military personnel (Mage = 31.3 years, SD = 6.8) with current ideation (90.6%) and/or a prior suicide attempt (43.9%) were assessed using latent profile analysis. Variables included prior suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, alcohol/drug use, insomnia, depression, belongingness, burdensomeness, and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. Three classes emerged: Low Symptoms (N = 502), Elevated Suicidality (N = 176), and Elevated Substance Use (N = 95). At 1-month follow-up, the Elevated Suicidality and Elevated Substance Use classes had the highest odds of suicidal behavior. The finding concerning the Elevated Substance Use class suggests it may represent a distinct short-term risk group in military personnel.

Copyright Date

10-5-2018

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

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Rights Holder

International Academy for Suicide Research

Provenance

Received from CHORUS

Language

English (eng)

Publication Statement

Copyright held by International Academy for Suicide Research. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. This article was originally published as:

Allan, N. P., Holm-Denoma, J., Conner, K. R., Zuromski, K. L., Saulnier, K. G., & Stecker, T. (2020). Profiles of risk for suicidal behavior in past and current United States military personnel: Latent profile analysis of current risk factors. Archives of Suicide Research, 24(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2018.1506843

Publication Title

Archives of Suicide Research

Volume

24(1)

First Page

1

Last Page

17

ISSN

1543-6136

PubMed ID

30118632

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