Interpersonal problem solving and parasuicide
| Autor: | Kirk D. Strosahl, John A. Chiles, Paul M. Camper, Edward N. Shearin, Marsha M. Linehan |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
| Předmět: |
Expectancy theory
medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study media_common.quotation_subject Population Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Interpersonal communication Clinical Psychology Suicidal behavior medicine Active problem Assertiveness Suicidal patients Parasuicide Psychiatry Psychology education media_common Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Cognitive Therapy and Research. 11:1-12 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2819 0147-5916 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf01183128 |
| Popis: | This study examined the relationship between interpersonal problem solving and suicidal behavior among psychiatric patients. Subjects were 123 psychiatric inpatients, admitted for current parasuicide, serious suicide ideation, or non-suicide-related complaints. A group of 16 orthopedic surgery patients was included to control for hospitalization trauma and current stress. All subjects completed a revised version of the Means-End Problem Solving Procedure, the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule, and a suicide expectancy measure. Psychiatric patients scored lower than the medical control group on the assertive schedule, but no differences were noted as a function of suicidal behavior status. Psychiatric patients expected suicide to solve problems more than did controls. Suicidal patients had higher expectancies than did nonsuicidal patients. Active interpersonal problem solving did not distinguish suicidal and nonsuicidal psychiatric patients but did separate parasuicides from suicide ideators. Among patients without a parasuicide history, less active and greater passive problem solving discriminated first-time parasuicides from suicide ideators and nonsuicidals. Results suggest that assertion deficits may characterize the psychiatric population in general, but suicidal behavior within psychiatric patients may be related to lower active problem solving. |
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