Year: 2008 Source: Archives of Suicide Research, v.12, no.4, (2008), p.309-326 SIEC No: 20101218

This study evaluated whether Joiner’s (2005) theory could differentiate 60 United States Air Force personnel who died by suicide from a sample of 122 living active duty personnel. A new measure, the Interpersonal-Psychological Survey, was also used. Analyses of the Interpersonal-Psychological Survey support initial validation efforts to establish it as a predictive measure for suicide. Findings support that one’s score on the Acquired Capability to Commit Suicide subscale of the Interpersonal-Psychological Survey & the overall score reliably distinguished between the 2 groups. The implications of the findings are discussed in relation to suicide prevention efforts in the American military. (35 refs.) JA