Sleep influences daily suicidal ideation through affective reactivity to interpersonal events among high-risk adolescents and young adults

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Background – Identifying proximal risk factors for suicidal ideation that are modifiable and relevant for adolescents and young adults is critical for suicide prevention. This study used an intensive monitoring approach to examine whether objectively- and subjectively- measured sleep characteristics predict next-day suicidal ideation occurrence and intensity through affective reactivity to interpersonal events in young people at high risk for suicide.

Authors; Jessica L. Hamilton, Aliona Tsypes, Jamie Zelazny, Craig J.R. Sewall, Noelle Rode, John Merranko, David A. Brent, Tina R. Goldstein, Peter L. Franzen

First published: 02 July 2022

doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13651

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