What predicts unremitting suicidal ideation? A prospective examination of the role of subjective age in suicidal ideation among ex-prisoners of war.

Sharon Avidor; Yossi Levi-Belz; Zahava Solomon

doi:10.1037/tra0000958

What predicts unremitting suicidal ideation? A prospective examination of the role of subjective age in suicidal ideation among ex-prisoners of war.

Sharon Avidor
, Yossi Levi-Belz
, Zahava Solomon

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Clinical Impact Statement: Ex-prisoners of war (ex-POWs) are susceptible to PTSD symptoms and to suicidal ideation (SI). We sought to understand how the mental sequelae of PTSD symptoms relate to SI and an older subjective sense of age, relying on a sample of midlife and older adult ex-POWs of the Israeli 1973 Yom Kippur War. We found that PTSD symptoms 35 years after the war predicted more SI 7 years later. Subjective age explained part of this connection. This helps us to understand what is involved in suicidal risk: PTSD symptoms, and the mental and physical “wear and tear” processes that lead to premature aging.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	338-348
Number of pages	11
Journal	Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
Volume	13
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000958
State	Published - Mar 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms
subjective aging
suicidal ideation
war captivity

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Social Psychology
Clinical Psychology

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In: Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Vol. 13, No. 3, 03.2021, p. 338-348.

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