The Final Hours
A Linguistic Analysis of the Final Words of a Suicide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13675665 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Lester (0000-0003-1357-8672, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 791-797 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.106.3.791-797 |
| PMID | 20712168 |
| OpenAlex | W1967447640 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
A journal, two suicide notes, and two tape recordings from a young man who took his own life were analyzed by applying a computer program to analyze texts. The analysis indicates a calming trend from the journal entries to the suicide notes to the tape recordings, with an additional increase in positive emotions expressed from the first recorded message to the second recording made just an hour or two before his death. The usefulness of this approach for understanding the psychodynamics of suicidal behavior is discussed
Injury prevention · Linguistics · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychoanalysis · Psychodynamics · Suicide prevention · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Mental Health via Writing · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |