Ambulatory assessment of suicidal ambivalence: The temporal variability of the wish to live and the wish to die and their relevance in the concurrent and prospective prediction of suicidal desire.
Mareike ErnstTheresa J GemkeL Julian OliviRory C O'ConnorPublished in: Suicide & life-threatening behavior (2024)
Wish to die and WTL are likely two distinct (although correlated) constructs that should not be reduced to a single ambivalence score. A stronger focus on WTL holds potential for suicide research and practice.