Abstract

Association Between Whirling Responses on Psychological Tests and Suicidal Preoccupation

Lester D~~Decker J~~et al

Year: 1990 Source: Perceptual and Motor Skills, v.71, no.3, pt.2, (December 1990), p.1105 SIEC No: 19910756

201 undergraduates were administered a phrase preference test & the Beck Depression Inventory & were asked whether they had ever considered or attempted suicide. Data confirmed an observation by Thomas & Duzynski (see PA, Vol. 73: 4046) that spinning phrases were correlated with prior suicidal ideation. Numbers of phrases, however, were not correlated with depression scores. (2 refs.)