Citation

Hjelmeland H, Loa Knizek B. Arch. Suicide Res. 1999; 5(4): 275-281.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Norwegian Univ. Science Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13811119908258338

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The confusing and inconsistent employment of the terms intentions and motives in the literature of suicidology is exemplified and discussed. It is concluded that when nonfatal suicidal acts are explained in terms of something the patients wanted to achieve by the act (which mainly is the case), whether it was to die or something else, the appropriate term will be intention(s), not motive(s).