Physical Illness, Psychiatric Illness, and the Acceptability of Suicide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13630683 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert H Deluty (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-91 |
| Publication date | 1989-08-01 |
| 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/duhx-5hq0-4l3x-f96j |
| OpenAlex | W2002399100 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 11 |
The present study assessed whether attitudes toward suicide vary as a function of the type of illness that precipitates the suicide. The participants in the study were 455 college students who were administered a questionnaire consisting of one of seven scenarios describing a fictitious man who has decided to kill himself, as well as a series of evaluative questions about the man and his decision. The man was portrayed as suffering from chronic, severe depression in five of the scenarios (the scenarios differed in their descriptions of the depression); from chronic, severe physical pain in the sixth scenario; and from terminal bone cancer in the seventh. Evaluations of the suicide were most favorable when it occurred in response to terminal physical illness, less favorable in response to chronic, non-terminal physical illness, and least favorable in response to chronic psychiatric illness
Chronic pain · Depression (economics · Mental health · Physical illness · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Suicide Acceptability and Religious Well-Being
Attitudes and Beliefs About Suicidal Behavior When Coming Out Is the Precipitant of the Suicidal Behavior
Third-person perceptions of suicide by people with terminal illnesses as a function of age and gender
Attitudes toward suicide among english-speaking urban canadians
Rational suicide reconsidered
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Trinity Inventory of Precursors to Suicide (Tips) and Its Relationship to Hopelessness and Depression
Factors Affecting the Unacceptability of Suicide and the Effects of Evaluator Depression and Religiosity
Popular Misconceptions about Suicide
Acceptability of Suicide
Conservatism and Attitudes toward Suicide
Gender Differences in Attributions about Suicide and Alcohol Use
Factors Affecting the Acceptability of Suicide
For Whom is Suicide Accepted
Attitudes toward Suicide and Conservatism
For Whom is Suicide Accepted
Gender and Physician-Assisted Suicide
Attitudes of Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatrists, and Oncologists Toward Suicide
College and University Student Suicide
Suicide
Jewish and Christian attitudes on suicide
Recognition of Suicide Lethality and Attitudes toward Suicide in Mental Health Professionals
Children'S Attitudes toward Suicide
Attitudes toward suicide among mental health professionals
Community attitudes toward suicide
Attitudes Toward Suicide Among Mexican American and Anglo Youth
Public Conceptions and Attitudes About Suicide
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,51 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2024 (36) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |