Citation

Lennings CJ. Genet. Soc. Gen. Psychol. Monogr. 1994; 120(3): 289-307.

Affiliation

School of Social Science, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7926694

Abstract

Suicide ultimately requires a decision. In this article, I review a number of cognitive concepts--decision making, the development of a suicide schemata, covert rehearsal, cognitive rigidity, and time perspective--and I propose a model suggesting that suicide can be understood as an essentially cognitive act affected by these elements. The model highlights the importance of distortions of time perspective as a precursor for suicidal behavior. I propose this model as an additional set of explanatory factors to those commonly in use, such as family and peer estrangement and life events.

Language: en