Resource Tag: PERSONALITY

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164 suicide cases with impulsivity scores based on the Barratt Impulsivity Scale were investigated. To examine the most extreme phenotypes, 100 suicide cases, representing subjects with scores above the seventieth percentile & below the thirtieth percentile were compared on clinical, behavioural, & psychosocial risk factors. The impulsive suicide cases were significantly younger, exhibited higher measures […]

This study tested whether negative emotionality, low constraint, & substance use problems mediated any relationship between antisocial personality disorder & psychopathy on the one hand & suicide-related behaviour & ideation on the other. 682 male offenders were studied. Antisocial personality disorder & the impulsivity/lifestyle features of psychopathy weakly predicted suicide-related behaviours. High negative emotionality & […]

This study investigated the rate of mental health problems amongst farmers compared with non-farmer rural residents & additional factors that might contribute to an increased risk of suicide amongst farmers. Key findings emerged from self-report questionnaire data, personality measures, & semi-structured interviews. No support was found for higher rates of mental health problems among farmers […]

This chapter discusses suicide terrorism, first looking at this phenomenon in various cultures. The prevalence of suicide terrorist attacks is discussed next, followed by a profile of suicide terrorists including information on demographic characteristics, religion, revenge for personal suffering, & personality factors & psychopathology. The main elements that prepare an individual for suicide terrorism are […]

This study compared the lay theories of suicide held by Turkish & American respondents. Measures of attitudes toward suicide & of personality variables were administered to 330 Turkish undergraduates & 419 American undergraduates. Turkish students saw interpersonal factors as less important & societal factors as more important in causing suicide as compared to the American […]

This paper examines personal factors, beyond psychopathology, involved in suicidality. The hypothesis is that there are 3 sets of personality constellations that may underlie suicidality: impulsive & aggressive characteristics combined with an oversensitivity to minor life events; narcissism, perfectionism, & the ability to tolerate failure & imperfection, combined with an underlying schizoid personality structure; & […]

This study identified suicide as a risk behaviour in teenagers in rural areas of Romania & assessed the relation between maturity, depression level, & suicidal risk. 57 teenagers (29 girls & 28 boys, ages 15-17 years) in Bihor County were studied using an epidemiological transversal inquiry with 4 questionnaires. The depression level among girls was […]

This book highlights theoretical & methdological challenges in suicidology. The contributions that each of the major disciplines have made are discussed & an overview of research & theories in some typical areas is provided. Drawing from this, specific recommendations are made as to what can be done in the future to advance knowledge of suicide […]

The authors uses his own experience as a starting point for exploring law enforcement suicide. The goal is to arouse attention, engage in candid discussion, & develop prevention strategies. An argument is made for the need to innoculate officers against the common interpersonal & organizational dysfunction resulting from a law enforcement career. The effort needs […]

In a sample of 460 (103 males, 357 females) Kuwaiti college students, mean age 21.9 years, scores on the Arabic Scale of Optimism and Pessimism, the Death Obsession Scale, the Arabic Scale of Obsession-Compulsion, the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale, the Taoist Orientation Scale, & the Suicidal Ideation Scale were not associated with sibship size & […]

This study evaluated self-defeating personality disorder’s viability as a diagnostic category. Its internal consistency, comorbidity with other Axis I & II disorders, association with psychosocial impairment, & its ability to predict overall impairment in past, current, & global levels of functioning beyond other personality disorder symptomatology was assessed in 1200 psychiatric patients. The self-defeating personality […]

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In two studies of American & Kuwaiti students, scores on a measure of having a Taoist orientation were associated with less psychopathology on measures of anxiety, death anxiety, existential anxiety, optimism-pessimism, suicidality, & obsessive-compulsiveness. (9 refs.)

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This study examined interrelations among suicide prevalence, affluence, intelligence, pace of life, & helping behaviour on the level of aggregate analysis, both cross-nationally & within the United States, using 4 extant data sets for the latter two variables. Across nations, suicide is more prevalent in populations living in faster environments, whereas within the United States, […]

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This chapter begins with an examination of the prevalence of late-life suicide in America & then makes international comparisons. Gender, ethnicity, & social risk factors are discussed. Historical & generational effects, methods, the role of physical illness, the excesses of modern medicine, & the attitudes of older adults towards suicide are all discussed. The chapter […]

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The author presents a summary of the common psychological knowledge about what factors heighten the risk of people dying by suicide after they have been evaluated. Then, the use of defense theory & technique is discussed.

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Event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to measure neural activity or response to angry & happy versus neutral faces. 13 currently euthymic men with a history of major depressive disorder & suicidal behaviour were compared with 14 currently euthymic men with a history of major depressive disorder but not of suicidal acts & 16 […]

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