TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - A controlled study of suicide in middle-aged and older people: Personality traits, age, and psychiatric disorders
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Draper, Brian
A1  - Kolves, Kairi
A1  - De Leo, Diego
A1  - Snowdon, John
SP  - 130
EP  - 138
VL  - 44
IS  - 2
N2  - Personality traits were examined using the NEO Five-Factor Inventory-Revised in an Australian psychological autopsy study involving 259 suicide deaths and 181 sudden death controls aged 35 years and over. Interviews included the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV to determine the presence of psychiatric disorder. Personality traits of suicide deaths differed significantly from those of controls, scoring higher in the Neuroticism and Openness to Experience domains and lower on the Agreeableness and Extraversion domains. These findings varied with the presence of psychiatric disorder and by age. High Neuroticism scores were the most consistent finding in people who died by suicide, although these scores decreased in older suicides.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12053
ID  - ref1
ER  -