Citation

Vizán Ferrero R, Benítez MH, Gracia Marco R, González de Rivera y Revuelta JL. Actas Luso Esp. Neurol. Psiquiatr. Cienc. Afines 1993; 21(5): 205-210.

Vernacular Title

Acontecimientos vitales y conducta autodestructiva.

Affiliation

Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Grupo Ars XXI de Comunicacion, SA)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8135153

Abstract

The role of life events in precipitating self-destructive behaviour, especially in suicide attempts, needs to be studied in this paper the social readjustment rating scale (Holmes and Rahe), in its spanish version, in a sample of 100 suicide attempters are reported. The mean social readjustment index was 255.2 +/- 137.01, which is a higher score than that observed in medical inpatients (180.69 +/- 72.03) in our context. The mean life events index was 8.69 +/- 4.32, higher valves than were recorded in the somatic in patients sample (5.97 +/- 2.99). No sex differences were found in any of the two indexes. The finding of a greater number of unpleasant life events by different researchers is discussed.

Language: es