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Citation |
Harris KM, McLean JP, Sheffield J, Jobes D. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2010; 40(2): 181-192. |
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Affiliation |
Department of Psychology, James Cook University Australia, Singapore Campus, Singapore. keith.harris@jcu.edu.sg |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2010, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons) |
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20465353 |
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Abstract |
Researchers and theorists (e.g., Shneidman, Stengel, Kovacs, and Beck) hyothesized that suicidal people engage in an internal debate, or struggle, over whether to live or die, but few studies have tested its tenability. This study introduces direct assessment of a suicidal debate, revealing new aspects of suicidal ideation. Results, from an online survey (N = 1,016), showed nearly all suicide-risk respondents engaged in the debate. In addition, debate frequency accounted for 54% of the variance in suicidality scores, and showed significant associations with other indicators of suicide risk. Likely factors of the debate, reasons for living and dying, showed significant differences by suicidality, and most suicide-risk participants reported going online for such purposes, demonstrating a behavioral component of the debate. Language: en |