The Content of Suicide Notes
Does it Vary by Method of Suicide, Sex, or Age
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628967 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen T Black (Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, corresponding author), D Lester (0000-0003-1357-8672, Blackwood) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 241-249 |
| Publication date | 2003-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/w5kh-1884-08tf-kt9h |
| OpenAlex | W2008644935 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
A study of 40 suicide notes indicated that those written by those using violent methods contained less joy, less love for others, less humor/irony, and less thanks, suggesting a greater amount of alienation from significant others. The notes written by women were found to show less intrapersonal hostility, gave fewer instructions concerning final affairs, accepted less personal responsibility, and used fewer absolute terms than those written by men. No significant differences were found by age save for a lone difference of more mention of ill-health in the suicide notes of the older suicides
Alienation · Content (measure theory · Hostility · Interpersonal communication · Intrapersonal communication · Irony · Literature · Medical emergency · Poison control · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Law · Medicine · Mental Health via Writing · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
The Suicidal Mind
The Suicide Notes of Young and Old People
What Does the Study of Simulated Suicide Notes Tell US
Motives for Suicide in Elderly People
Choice of Method for Suicide and Personality
The Significance of the Method Chosen for Suicide in Understanding the Psychodynamics of the Suicidal Individual
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |