Sense it and use it: interoceptive accuracy and sensibility in suicide ideators
Abstract Background Interoceptive deficits have been found to be associated with suicidal ideation and behavior. However, an objective measure of interoceptive accuracy has not been investigated in participants with suicide ideation, by now. This study aimed at investigating interoceptive accuracy a...
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| author | Thomas Forkmann Eftychia Volz-Sidiropoulou Trientje Helbing Barbara Drüke Verena Mainz Dajana Rath Siegfried Gauggel Tobias Teismann |
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| description | Abstract Background Interoceptive deficits have been found to be associated with suicidal ideation and behavior. However, an objective measure of interoceptive accuracy has not been investigated in participants with suicide ideation, by now. This study aimed at investigating interoceptive accuracy and sensibility in persons with and without suicide ideation (SI) while controlling for severity of depressive symptoms. Method Ninety-five participants (age: M = 34.8, SD = 11.6, n = 56 female [58.9%]; n = 51 patients with a Major Depressive Disorder and n = 44 healthy participants) were assessed for interoceptive accuracy and sensibility, depression and SI. Results Twenty-five participants (26%) reported SI. They showed interoceptive accuracy comparable to persons without SI (t = −.81, p = .422), but significantly lower interoceptive sensibility. After controlling for severity of depressive symptoms in a hierarchical linear regression analysis, most associations between interoceptive sensibility and SI disappeared. Conclusion Results suggest that suicide ideators do not lack the ability to perceive their own bodily signals but they feel less able to use them in a way that is advantageous for them. Differences between suicide ideators and non-ideators appear to be largely driven by depressive symptoms (depression bias). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07b1727a83fc4e9a9f5e1b2bc11f47e82022-12-21T21:52:59ZengBMCBMC Psychiatry1471-244X2019-11-011911910.1186/s12888-019-2322-1Sense it and use it: interoceptive accuracy and sensibility in suicide ideatorsThomas Forkmann0Eftychia Volz-Sidiropoulou1Trientje Helbing2Barbara Drüke3Verena Mainz4Dajana Rath5Siegfried Gauggel6Tobias Teismann7Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Duisburg-EssenInstitute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen UniversityInstitute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen UniversityInstitute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen UniversityInstitute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen UniversityDepartment of Clinical Psychology, University of Duisburg-EssenInstitute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen UniversityMental Health Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität BochumAbstract Background Interoceptive deficits have been found to be associated with suicidal ideation and behavior. However, an objective measure of interoceptive accuracy has not been investigated in participants with suicide ideation, by now. This study aimed at investigating interoceptive accuracy and sensibility in persons with and without suicide ideation (SI) while controlling for severity of depressive symptoms. Method Ninety-five participants (age: M = 34.8, SD = 11.6, n = 56 female [58.9%]; n = 51 patients with a Major Depressive Disorder and n = 44 healthy participants) were assessed for interoceptive accuracy and sensibility, depression and SI. Results Twenty-five participants (26%) reported SI. They showed interoceptive accuracy comparable to persons without SI (t = −.81, p = .422), but significantly lower interoceptive sensibility. After controlling for severity of depressive symptoms in a hierarchical linear regression analysis, most associations between interoceptive sensibility and SI disappeared. Conclusion Results suggest that suicide ideators do not lack the ability to perceive their own bodily signals but they feel less able to use them in a way that is advantageous for them. Differences between suicide ideators and non-ideators appear to be largely driven by depressive symptoms (depression bias).http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-019-2322-1Suicide ideationSubjective interoceptionObjective interoceptionHeartbeat perceptionInteroceptive accuracy |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Forkmann Eftychia Volz-Sidiropoulou Trientje Helbing Barbara Drüke Verena Mainz Dajana Rath Siegfried Gauggel Tobias Teismann Sense it and use it: interoceptive accuracy and sensibility in suicide ideators BMC Psychiatry Suicide ideation Subjective interoception Objective interoception Heartbeat perception Interoceptive accuracy |
| title | Sense it and use it: interoceptive accuracy and sensibility in suicide ideators |
| title_full | Sense it and use it: interoceptive accuracy and sensibility in suicide ideators |
| title_fullStr | Sense it and use it: interoceptive accuracy and sensibility in suicide ideators |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sense it and use it: interoceptive accuracy and sensibility in suicide ideators |
| title_short | Sense it and use it: interoceptive accuracy and sensibility in suicide ideators |
| title_sort | sense it and use it interoceptive accuracy and sensibility in suicide ideators |
| topic | Suicide ideation Subjective interoception Objective interoception Heartbeat perception Interoceptive accuracy |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-019-2322-1 |
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