The Relevance of Anxiety and Aggression for the Suicidality of Students: a Content Analytical Approach (IN: Suicidal Behaviour in Europe: Recent Research Findings, edited by P Crepet et al)

This study analyzes aggression & anxiety in the definition or prediction of suicide criteria among students. Utilizing content analysis, the communications of 120 students who contacted a psychotherapeutic counselling center in an university were examined. Results indicate that the most significant verbal expressions appeared in the definition of suicide ideas. Inward-directed hostility seemed predominant. The authors conclude that it may be useful & necessary to include the verbal behavior & germane coding guidelines in the diagnostic repertoire to measure suicidality. (25 refs) (SC)