154 Ss rated the concepts life and death with the semantic differential. Ratings of life and life minus death significantly discriminated between suicidal and non-suicidal Ss and between more and less suicidal Ss. Changes in evaluation of life were significantly associated with changes in self-rated suicide intent. Evaluation of life was more sensitive than other life factor scores to suicide behavior and suicide intent.
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