On the word preferences of suicidal versus nonsuicidal college students.

Used a word preference format to investigate reactions to verbal stimuli of 21 suicidal and 21 nonsuicidal university students matched for age and sex. Six words with either aggressive or submissive denotative meanings significantly differentiated the 2 groups. In addition, the word suicide was selected at a higher frequency level by suicidal individuals when compared to their nonsuicidal counterparts. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)