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Comparison of Suicide Attempters and Decedents in the U.S. Army: A Latent Class Analysis
Author(s) -
Skopp Nancy A.,
Smolenski Derek J.,
Sheppard Sean C.,
Bush Nigel. E.,
Luxton David D.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/sltb.12227
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , poison control , latent class model , injury prevention , conceptualization , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , medicine , population , psychiatry , suicide attempt , demography , psychology , clinical psychology , medical emergency , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , pathology , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science
A clearer understanding of risk factors for suicidal behavior among soldiers is of principal importance to military suicide prevention. It is unclear whether soldiers who attempt suicide and those who die by suicide have different patterns of risk factors. As such, preventive efforts aimed toward reducing suicide attempts and suicides, respectively, may require different strategies. We conducted a latent class analysis ( LCA ) to examine classes of risk factors among suicide attempters ( n = 1,433) and decedents ( n = 424). Both groups were represented by three classes: (1) External/Antisocial Risk Factors, (2) Mental Health Risk Factors, and (3) No Pattern. These findings support the conceptualization that military suicide attempters and decedents represent a single population.