Adolescent Attitudes About Death in Relation to Suicidality
作者:
Peter Gutierrez,
Cheryl A. King,
Neera Ghaziuddin,
期刊:
Suicide and Life‐Threatening Behavior
(WILEY Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 26,
issue 1
页码: 8-18
ISSN:0363-0234
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1996.tb00252.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
This study examined psychiatrically disturbed adolescents' history of exposure to suicide attempts, completions, and other deaths in relation to attitudes about life and death. A primary goal of the study was to study the mediating processes involved in the impact of loss on suicidality. Adolescents who experienced the suicide of a friend or immediate family member reported a weaker attraction to life and stronger attraction to death than adolescents lacking this experience. Exposure to attempted suicide resulted in attitudes indicating a stronger attraction to death and repulsion by life. We conclude that a comprehensive history of loss and assessment of current attitudes toward death are important aspects of evaluation and subsequent treatment of at‐risk adolescent
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