Effects of Personal and Situational Factors on Attitudes toward Suicide
Effects of Personal and Situational Factors on Attitudes toward Suicide
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个人和情境因素对自杀态度的影响
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发表时间：
1983
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通讯作者：
A. N. O'Connell
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作者：
A. Droogas;Roland Siiter;A. N. O'Connell
本研究旨在探讨自杀态度是否会受到个人特质及情况的影响。据推测，自杀将被判断为或多或少的“合理”取决于自杀的个人所面临的危机的特点，以及个人的一般效用的看法，以社会作为一个整体。80名大学生回答了16个虚构的自杀案例的历史与判断一系列的12个项目，表明他们的看法的“可解释性”的自杀行为在每一个案件。结果表明，自杀个体的个人特征几乎没有差异，但自杀个体所面临的危机的性质影响了对自杀可能性的判断。具体来说，受访者倾向于认为身体恶化和痛苦是更合理的自杀动机，而不是精神恶化或痛苦的动机。自杀理论的数据的影响进行了讨论。
This study investigated whether attitudes on suicide would be affected by the individual's personal characteristics and the nature of the situation. It was hypothesized that suicide would be judged more or less “justifiable” depending on characteristics of the crisis confronting the suicidal individual as well as perception of the individual's general utility to society as a whole. Eighty undergraduates responded to sixteen fictional suicide case histories with judgments on a series of twelve items indicating their perception of the “justifiability” of the suicidal act in each case. Results showed that the personal characteristics of the suicidal individual made little difference, but that the nature of the crisis confronting the suicidal individual affected judgments of justifiability. Specifically, respondents tended to regard physical deterioration and pain as more justifiable motives for suicide than the less acceptable motives of mental deterioration or pain. Implications of the data for theories on suicide are discussed.