
@article{ref1,
title="The anticipation of death by violence: a psychological profile",
journal="Suicide",
year="1975",
author="Mahoney, John and Kyle, D. and Katz, G.",
volume="5",
number="2",
pages="86-92",
abstract="College students (n = 172) completed Cattell's personality factor questionnaire, Rotter's locus of control scale, Speilberger's trait anxiety measure, and Sabatini and Kastenbaum's self-completed death certificate. Comparison of profiles for subjects anticipating sudden violent death (SVD, n = 59) with those anticipating natural death (ND, n = 113) disclosed that the SVD group was characteristically more anxious and socially isolated. A sex-by-type of death interaction occurred for locus of control, with SVD females being the most external, suggesting that this group was more likely to &quot;give up&quot; in response to stress. The data support Shneidman's concept of subintentioned death in disclosing that several personality factors may be associated with violent death.",
language="",
issn="0360-1390",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}