Resource Tag: LATENT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
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Gender differences in suicide rates of municipalities in South Korea: A latent profile analysis by life cycles
Background: South Korea showed the highest suicide rate among the countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Aims: This study aimed to discern the profiles of municipalities according to their suicide rates across the life cycle and gender, and then to identify the unique characteristics of each latent group. Method: This study applied a latent profile modeling to […]
Suicide risk among veterans using VHA justice-involved services: A latent class analysis
Background Justice-involved Veterans experience notable risk for psychosocial stressors (e.g., homelessness) and psychiatric multimorbidity, which can result in complex clinical presentations. However, research examining how such factors coalesce to impact risk for suicide remains limited. Methods We conducted a latent class analysis of 180,454 Veterans accessing Veterans Health Administration (VHA) justice-related services from 2005 to […]
An empirical investigation of the distinction between passive and active ideation: Understanding the latent structure of suicidal thought content
Introduction Although the distinction between passive and active suicidal ideation is well accepted by suicide researchers and clinicians, there has been very little empirical investigation into this distinction. The current study addressed this gap by examining the latent structure of suicidal ideation based on thought content. Method Participants from two distinct samples of U.S. adults […]