@article{ref1,
title="Suicide across the adult life-span: an archival study",
journal="Crisis",
year="1989",
author="Leenaars, A. A.",
volume="10",
number="2",
pages="132-151",
abstract="This archival study, concerning the demographic variable of age, involved the assessment of 8 identified classifications (clusters) as possible predictors of suicide notes and, by implication, suicide. The possible predictors, derived from the theoretical work of 10 suicidologists, were as follows: unbearable psychological pain, interpersonal relations, rejection-aggression, inability to adjust, indirect expressions, identification-egression, ego, and cognitive constriction. Independent judges noted the incidence of contents corresponding to 36 specific protocol sentences, constituting the 8 clusters, in 60 suicide notes--20 notes written by individuals in Young, Middle, and Late Adulthood. An analysis was able to discriminate the age groups on a number of clusters, notably in regard to Young Adults, although considerable commonalities were noted across the adult life span. The results indicate that a life-span perspective is essential when one is constructing a model to interpret suicide of adults.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0227-5910",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}