Citation

Voracek M. Psychol. Rep. 2013; 113(1): 1043-1047.

Affiliation

Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods, School of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. martin.voracek@univie.ac.at

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

24340799

Abstract

Extending cross-national and intranational studies on possible aggregate-level associations between personality dimensions and suicide prevalence, this study examined the associations of the Big Five personality factors and suicide rates across 32 regions of the Russian Federation. Failing to replicate one key finding of similar geographic studies, namely, a correspondence of higher suicide rates with lower Agreeableness and Conscientiousness (i.e., higher Psychoticism) scores, higher suicide rates corresponded to higher Agreeableness scores. This effect was obtained with one available data source (regional-level Big Five ratings based on the National Character Survey), but not with another (based on the NEO-PI-R measure). All in all, regional suicide rates across Russia were dissociated from regional variation in personality dimensions.

Language: en