Resource Tag: SHAME

Background Suicide risk among U.S. military personnel has been increasing over the past decade. Fluid vulnerability theory (FVT; Rudd, 2006) posits that acute suicidal episodes increase in severity when trait-based (e.g., shame) and state-based (e.g., hopelessness) risk factors interact, especially among individuals who have been previously suicidal. In contrast, trait-based protective factors (e.g., pride) should […]

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This chapter examines the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder & police suicide. It examines the predisposing factors, time-of-incident variables, & long-term effects that can individually or in unison contribute to suicide. A multifaceted approach is offered to preventing suicide among officers suffering posttraumatic stress disorder, including training of officers, training of managers, policy & procedure […]

This chapter reports on a study of patients with involutional psychoses who were addmitted to a psychiatric hopsital in New York. The histories of 319 patients were reviewed, divided into a group of 100 women & 100 men admitted between 1920 & 1940 before electroconvulsive therapy was used, & a group of 119 patients (69 […]

This paper explores the complex nature of stigma as it relates to suicide. Topics of discussion include: suicide cross culturally; perceptions of suicide; stigma & mental illness; enacted versus felt stigma; stigma & suicide on Guam; & stigma & cultural themes.

Most modern theories do not emphasize the idea of heroic suicide. The high profile, politically motivated suicides in early colonial Ibadan (Nigeria) discussed in this paper epitomize this type of suicide. It is suggested the key to understanding these cases is to be found not only in the people’s multilayered past – the general Yoruba […]

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The purpose of this article is to test the advisability of admitting evidence of attempted suicide by determining whether is is relevant to a fair inference of conscious & actual guilt &, if so, whether any of the recognized rules of exclusion in American law would bar its admission. It is concluded that any connection […]

From a post-structuralist perspective the metaphors though which suicide comes to be known are examined via indepth interviews with 41 young people as part of a larger study also involving 40 adults/professionals within urban & regional communities in Australia. Shame figures predominantly in young people’s accounts of suicidal experiences & the everyday social relations that […]

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In this article, the authors build on previous discussions of the possible role of shame & guilt in sexual offending. They review the general psychological literature & conclude that the distinction between internal & external shame is an important one in considering sexual offenders. The effects of shame & guilt on victim empathy & relapse […]

Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

This support package aims to help families & friends bereaved by suicide. It includes three publications: 1) After Suicide: Information for Families and Friends; 2) Coping With Grief After Suicide; & 3) At This Time: When Someone You Know has Died by Suicide. The first pamphlet describes the role of the police, coroner, & funeral […]

This article is an English translation. The original Spanish text is also available.

A sample of 350 university students who had experienced the death of a significant other completed the Grief Experience Questionnaire. A principal components analysis with varimax rotation yielded an 8-factor solution with satisfactory psychometric properties. Results clearly document this questionnaire is a multidimensional measure of grief phenomenology. It is concluded that although the Grief Experience […]

Building on a 1997 paper by Lester (see SIEC #971271) on shame & suicide, the case of a woman who made a serious attempt to kill herself is presented. Her attempt was largely motivated by shame. The therapeutic strategies employed are described. The case was brought to a successful resolution. (6 refs.)

Johnson et al (1987) found that shame, but not guilt, was associated with scores on a measure of neuroticism. In the present study, Lester explored whether measures of shame & guilt are associated with suicidality. 116 undergraduate students answered questionnaires. Shame scores were associated significantly with current suicidality & a history of thoughts & threats, […]

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After being challenged about the legitimacy of medals he had worn, Admiral Jeremy (Mike) Boorda committed suicide. This article examines the factors that may have precipitated his death. A second report details the way in which Newsweek handled the allegations that led to the admiral’s suicide & reports on what this case tells the public […]