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ABSTRACT:An 11‐point (0–10) scale for measuring the degree of lethality of suicide attempts is presented. The scale has nine example “anchors” and uses the relative lethality of an extensive table of drugs. The psychometric studies show the scale to be of at least equal‐interval, possibly even ratio measurement level. The equal‐interval quality allows suicidal behaviors to be specified in numeric relationship to each other relieving us of the burden of using unquantified labels such as “mild,” “moderate,” and “serious.” Having a standardized, commonly used reference scale should greatly facilitate our research and clinical efforts to communicate our findings. The scale can be used reliably by nonmedical personnel

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1984.tb00678.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:This paper presents a brief review of the vocabulary of motives tradition in sociology and argues for its applicability to the study of suicidal motivation. A comparison of motive statements in the notes of suicides and motive statements elicited from a nonsuicidal group reveals a measure of motive standardization. The findings promote viewing suicide motives as social constructions learned in interaction which permit the individual and others to assign meaning and acceptability to the suicidal act.

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1984.tb00679.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:The relationship between occupational status and suicide was examined using data from Sacramento County, California. Data were obtained from coroner's records filed routinely on all cases of sudden, violent, or unexpected death since 1925. Occupation‐ and age‐specific suicide rates were calculated for males and age‐adjusted for overall comparison for the decades 1945–1954, 1955–1964, and 1965–1974. Findings show an inverse relationship between occupational status and suicide for all age groups over the past 30 years. Over time, male suicide rates have increased particularly for employed males over 65, employed males aged 14 to 24, and males in low‐status occupations. General economic insecurity among workers of low socioeconomic status (SES), particularly the elderly, is suggested as a contributing factor to

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1984.tb00680.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:Paulson, Afifi, Chaleff, Liu,&Thomason (1975) developed a series of special subscales from the MMPI for identifying individuals who are at risk for child‐abusive behavior. The initial results were highly encouraging, with the scales correctly identifying 93 to 100% of the subjects in their sample. Unfortunately, Paulson et al. (1975) failed to cross‐validate their findings before publication. When the six scales were cross‐validated on an independent sample from the population of child‐abusing parents, significant shrinkage in the accuracy of prediction was found. The use of the special subscales for identifying “at risk” parents in prenatal clinics, pediatric clinics, pediatric clinics and mental health centers as originally suggestd by Paulson and his colleagues is seriously

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1984.tb00681.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACT:This study of suicide notes involved the deduction of 25 protocol sentences that reflected important specific aspects of Freud's formulations regarding suicide. Independent judges noted the incidence of contents corresponding to the protocol sentences in 33 genuine and 33 simulated notes. Comparisons between genuine and simulated notes revealed that the protocol sentences discriminated significantly as a set in favor of the genuine notes. Individual statements found significantly more frequently in genuine notes indicated loss and/or rejection, preoccupation with a lost person, ambivalence toward a lost person, identification with a lost person, communicating feelings of anger toward oneself but appearing to be angry toward someone else, turning back upon oneself murderous wishes or impulses, and seeing the act as a fulfillment of self‐punishment. A frequency count of the sentences in the notes indicated that these statements occurred quite frequently (i.e., at least one‐third of the time) in the genuine notes. Implications of the results are discus

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1984.tb00682.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1984.tb00683.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0363-0234    

DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1984.tb00684.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY