The current study replicates a previously used methodology with a suicidal inpatient sample regarding word counts generated by participants writing about suicidal constructs. Word counts (i.e., the number of written words) on the Suicide Status Form from initial sessions with suicidal inpatients were compared to self-rated suicide risk scores as well as to continuous and repeated measures of hopelessness and suicide ideation assessed over the course of inpatient care. Results showed that higher word counts were associated with initially higher suicide ideation scores that steadily declined over the course of treatment. Lower word counts were associated with lower initial hopelessness scores that increased during treatment before ultimately decreasing. In addition, word count was not found to be a significant predictor of self-rated suicide risk. Clinical implications of these data and future directions are discussed.

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字数可作为住院情况下自杀风险的指标。

当前的研究使用自杀性住院患者样本复制了以前使用的方法，该样本涉及参与者撰写的有关自杀构造的单词计数。将与自杀性住院患者初次就诊时的“自杀状态表”上的字数（即书面字数）与自我评估的自杀风险评分以及在住院过程中评估的持续和反复的绝望和自杀意念进行比较关心。结果显示，较高的字数与最初较高的自杀意念分数有关，而自杀意念分数在治疗过程中逐渐下降。较低的单词数与较低的初始绝望分数相关，该分数在治疗期间逐渐增加，最终下降。此外，未发现字数是自我评估自杀风险的重要预测指标。