An attempt to employ a sentence completion test for the detection of psychiatric patients with suicidal ideas.

1 April 1960

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Consulting Psychology

Vol. 24 (2) , 156-160
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0041225

Abstract

104 psychiatric Ss were tested to elicit suicidal ideation. Correct identifications varied from 30% to 43%. False positives were 33%. Psychologists tended to agree with each other more often than expected by chance. Severity of illness was primary in the experiment rather than being able to predict suicide. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

SENTENCE COMPLETION FOR DETECTION OF
DIAGNOSIS &
EVALUATION
SUICIDE
INTENTION OF
DETECTION OF SUICIDAL INTENTION WITH
SENTENCE COMPLETION
INJURY PREVENTION
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
SUICIDE PREVENTION
HUMAN FACTORS
SEVERITY OF ILLNESS
ERGONOMICS
FALSE POSITIVE

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