Citation

Hamid MRBA, Bolong J. Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication 2015; 31(1): 101-132.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015)

DOI

10.17576/jkmjc-2015-3101-06

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Suicides among military personnels is an isolated case and was first detected in the early 70s. In 1999, the number of suicides among military personnels started to rise and in fact this involves Malays. From year of 2000 till 2012, it was recorded about 49 cases of which 24 were suicide and 25 were attempted suicide. Comparison of suicide cases by race/religion shows the Malays/Muslims stood the highest at 63% (14) and 71% (13) cases of attempted suicide. It was found that almost all the victims had committed suicide verbally or non-verbally through various channels. There are even cases where victims do both. Most victims do suicidal communication more than once. Based on the Theory Planned Behavioural by Ajzen (1985), this study aimed to identify the relationship between the frequencies of suicidal communication with suicidal tendencies or intent level of suicide among military personnel. A total of 254 respondents such as family members, close friends, subordinate, detention center guards, religious officers and counseling officers responded to this survey. This study involved 11 soldiers who failed in suicide attempts. The results showed that the number of suicidal communication has a significant relation with the tendency of attempted suicide among military personnel. It is hoped that the results of this study can be used as a reference by the management department of any military or uniformed forces in an effort to prevent members from committing suicide. © 2015, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press. All rights reserved.

Language: ml

Keywords

Suicide; Intent; Suicidal communication; Military personal