and other mental disorders, and stressful life events (Fergusson, Woodward, & Horwood, 2000). Moreover, these risk factors were related to suicide attempts multiplicatively, such that the risk for a suicide attempt among youth with both high neuroticism scores and other risk factors was 60 times greater than for low risk youth (Fergusson et al., 2000). This suggests that the predictive validity of neuroticism may be particularly strong when considered in the context of negative life events and other predictors.
