Attitudes toward the Survivors of Suicide as a Function of the Motive for Suicide

The impact of the motives expressed in the suicide note on the reactions of the survivor of a suicide were explored by presenting respondents with cases of suicide to read and judge which were identical except for the suicide note which expressed either anger toward the survivor, self-blame, or the desire to escape from psychological pain. Respondents felt that it would be harder to express sympathy toward the survivors of suicides who expressed self-blame. The implications of this finding are discussed

Anger · Blame · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychological pain · Suicide prevention · Sympathy · Clinical Psychology · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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