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| Personality traits and suicidal behavior and ideation in depressed inpatients 50 years of age and older | | Author(s) | Paul R Duberstein, Yeates Conwell, Larry Seidlitz |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 55B, no 1, January 2000 |
| Pages | pp P18-P26 |
| Keywords | Suicide ; Depression ; Personality ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Completed suicide may be the most preventable lethal complication of depressive disorders in older adults. Identification of risk factors for suicidal behaviour has therefore become a major public health priority in the US. Using data collected on 81 depressed patients 50 years of age and older, this study examined the associations between the personality traits that constitute the Five Factor Model of personality and measures of suicidal behaviour and ideation. It was hypothesised that low extroversion 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 hypothesis, and also showed a relationship between between openness to experience with suicidal ideation. The results suggest that longstanding patterns of behaving, thinking, and feeling contribute to suicidal behaviour and thoughts in older adults, and highlight the need to consider personality traits in creating and targeting prevention strategies. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000420402 A |
| Classmark | EV: ENR: DK: 7T |
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