Characteristics of suicidal individuals
A review
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14809272 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jon B Ellis (University of Southern Mississippi), Lillian M Range (University of Southern Mississippi) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 485-500 |
| Publication date | 1989-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Death Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0748-1187 • E-ISSN: 1091-7683 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07481188908252326 |
| OpenAlex | W2087149703 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 52 |
Evidence on the demographic characteristics of suicidal people is mixed. Demograph-ically, at relatively higher risk are men, whites, older adults or adolescents, and native Americans. In terms of personality, suicidal individuals are described as having maladaptive affect (depressed, irritable, aroused, and socially isolated) or maladaptive cognitions (hopeless, having negative expectations, field dependent, cog-nitively rigid, and impulsive). In contrast, some recent research has investigated whether suicidal persons lack important adaptive characteristics. The Reasons for Living Inventory (RFL) was developed with this emphasis and has the advantages of a positive focus (reasons for not committing suicide), six separate subscales, and strong reliability and validity. A more thorough understanding of adaptive characteristics through the use of such instruments as the RFL may help clinicians and researchers in treating and preventing suicidal behavior
Cognition · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Personality · Poison control · Psychiatry · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Sex, evolution, and behavior
Reasons for staying alive when you are thinking of killing yourself
Suicidal Feelings in the General Population
Hopelessness and Suicidal Behavior
Hopelessness, depression, and suicidal intent among psychiatrically disturbed inpatient children.
The measurement of pessimism
The CES-D Scale
Community Adjustment of Patients Who Threaten and Attempt Suicide
Anhedonia and Death
Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Intent in Attempted Suicides
Suicide and Field Dependency
Normative Evaluations of Suicide and Death
Suicide and Self-Damaging Behavior
Generational differences in reactions to adolescent suicide
Self-evaluation and subjective life expectancy among suicidal and nonsuicidal psychotic males
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2023 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |