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Temperamental vulnerability in attempted suicide

P Nordström1, D Schalling, M Asberg

  • 1Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
|August 1, 1995
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This study identified key features of suicidal temperament in individuals who attempted suicide. These include hopelessness, anxiety, hostility, and psychosis proneness, increasing vulnerability to suicidal behavior.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Suicidal behavior is a significant public health concern.
  • Understanding the psychological underpinnings of suicidal temperament is crucial for prevention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore and describe features of suicidal temperament.
  • To identify psychological domains of vulnerability in individuals who attempted suicide.

Main Methods:

  • Comparison of 32 suicide attempters with 32 matched surgical controls.
  • Utilized self-report personality inventories: Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Chapman Scales, Beck Hopelessness Scale, Karolinska Scales of Personality.

Main Results:

  • Suicide attempters exhibited higher scores in neuroticism, psychoticism, interpersonal aversiveness, perceptual aberration, nonconformity, hopelessness, somatic anxiety, muscular tension, indirect aggression, and suspicion.

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  • Attempters also showed lower socialization.
  • Identified suicidal temperament features: hopelessness, anhedonia, anxiety, hostility, undirected anger, psychosis proneness, antisocial traits, and interpersonal difficulties.

    • Conclusions:

    • Temperamental features like hopelessness, anxiety, hostility, and psychosis proneness contribute to vulnerability in suicidal behavior.
    • These findings highlight specific psychological traits associated with increased risk for suicide attempts.