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Personality Traits and Cognitive Styles as Risk Factors for Serious Suicide Attempts among Young People
Author(s) -
Beautrais Annette L.,
Joyce Peter R.,
Mulder Roger T.
Publication year - 1999
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.1999.tb00761.x
Subject(s) - locus of control , neuroticism , psychology , extraversion and introversion , personality , big five personality traits , suicide attempt , poison control , clinical psychology , cognition , suicide prevention , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , developmental psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , medicine , medical emergency
The contribution of a series of measures of personality and/or cognitive style to serious suicide attempt risk in young people was examined in a case‐control study. Individuals making suicide attempts had elevated odds of hopelessness, neuroticism, introversion, low self‐esteem, impulsiveness, and external locus of control. When allowance was made for intercorrelations between these measures, hopelessness, neuroticism, and external locus of control remained significant risk factors for serious suicide attempt; self‐esteem, extraversion, and impulsiveness were not significantly associated with suicide attempt risk. Nonsignificant findings were explained by the presence of substantial correlations between these measures and measures of hopelessness, neuroticism, and external locus of control.