Abstract

Prediction of Homicide and Suicide: a Test in a Healthy Risk-Taking Group

Lester D~~Kendra J M~~Thisted R A

Year: 1977 Source: Peceptual and Motor Skills, v.44, no.1, (1977), p.222 SIEC No: 19842278

The Rorschach protocols of 32 astronaut candidates were found to resemble those of nonsuicidal individuals more than those of suicidal individuals & to resemble those of murderers more than those of nonmurdering criminals. Action oriented or aggressive acting-out impulses may be common in volunteers for astronaut duty.