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Interpersonal Problem‐Solving Deficits in Self‐Poisoning Patients
Author(s) -
McLeavey Breda C.,
Daly Robert J.,
Murray Carol M.,
O'Riordan John,
Taylor Maxwell
Publication year - 1987
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.1987.tb00060.x
Subject(s) - interpersonal communication , locus of control , psychology , personality , clinical psychology , psychiatry , interpersonal relationship , developmental psychology , social psychology
Self‐poisoning patients ( n = 40) were compared with psychiatric patients ( n = 40) and nonpatient controls ( n = 20) on measures of interpersonal problem‐solving skills and locus of control in an effort to determine the importance of these cognitive and personality variables in self‐poisoning behavior. The psychiatric and self‐poisoning groups showed deficits on measures assessing interpersonal problem solving when compared with nonpatient controls. The self‐poisoning group performed below the level of the psychiatric patients on all except one test, on which they performed at the level of the psychiatric group. Locus of control did not differentiate self‐poisoning patients from nonpatient controls, and it was concluded that this variable is not an important factor in self‐poisoning behavior.