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Environmental and Personality Similarities in Case Histories of Suicide and Self‐Poisoning by Children Under Ten
Author(s) -
Corder Billie F.,
Haizlip Thomas M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1984.tb00337.x
Subject(s) - personality , poison control , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , psychology , self destructive behavior , self poisoning , developmental psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , medical emergency , social psychology , pathology
Research on suicide in latency age children is reviewed and case histories of two 9‐year‐old children who suicided by shooting themselves and one 7‐year‐old who died by self‐poisoning are presented. Similarities in environmental and family histories, and in personality variables among these three cases have suggested underlying mechanisms in development and maintenance of symbiotically shared self‐concept between parent and child which may be useful in helping to identify similar cases and in assessing potential for suicidal and self‐destructive behavior in latency age children.