Shirley Yen, Nazaret Suazo, Jackson Doerr, Natalia Macrynikola, Leanna S Villarreal, Sophia Sodano, Kimberly H M O'Brien, Jennifer C Wolff, Christopher Breault, Brandon E Gibb, Rani Elwy, Christopher W Kahler, Megan Ranney, Richard Jones, Anthony Spirito
BACKGROUND: Suicide and suicidal behavior during adolescence have been steadily increasing over the past two decades. The preponderance of interventions focuses on crisis intervention, underlying psychiatric disorders, regulating negative affect, and reducing cognitive distortions. However, low positive affectivity may be a mechanism that contributes to adolescent suicidal ideation and behaviors independent of other risk factors. Skills to Enhance Positivity (STEP) is an acceptance-based intervention, designed to increase attention to, and awareness of, positive affect and positive experiences...
2023: PloS One