Personality traits and suicidal behavior and ideation in depressed inpatients 50 years of age and older.
Personality traits and suicidal behavior and ideation in depressed inpatients 50 years of age and older.
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50 岁及以上抑郁症住院患者的人格特征、自杀行为和意念。
DOI：
10.1093/geronb/55.1.p18
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发表时间：
2000
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Caine,ED
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作者：
Duberstein,PR;Conwell,Y;Seidlitz,L;Denning,DG;Cox,C;Caine,ED
彻底自杀可能是老年人抑郁症最可预防的致命并发症。因此，识别自杀行为的危险因素已成为一项重要的公共卫生优先事项。使用 81 名 50 岁及以上抑郁症患者收集的数据，我们报告了旨在确定构成人格五因素模型的人格特征与自杀行为和意念测量之间的关联的分析。我们假设低外向性与终生自杀未遂史有关，而高神经质则与自杀意念有关。结果总体上与假设一致。我们还观察到体验开放性与自杀意念之间的关系。这些发现表明，长期的行为、思维和感觉模式会导致老年人的自杀行为和想法，并强调在制定和制定预防策略时考虑人格特征的必要性。
Completed suicide may be the most preventable lethal complication of depressive disorders in older adults. Identification of risk factors for suicidal behavior has therefore become a major public health priority. Using data collected on 81 depressed patients 50 years of age and older, we report analyses designed to determine the associations between the personality traits that constitute the Five Factor Model of personality and measures of suicidal behavior and ideation. We hypothesized that low Extraversion would be associated with a lifetime history of attempted suicide, and high Neuroticism would be associated with suicidal ideation. Results were generally consistent with the hypotheses. We also observed a relationship between Openness to Experience and suicidal ideation. These findings suggest that longstanding patterns of behaving, thinking, and feeling contribute to suicidal behavior and thoughts in older adults and highlight the need to consider personality traits in crafting and targeting prevention strategies.