Relations of psychological characteristics to suicide behaviour: Results from a large sample of male prisoners

Sarchiapone, Marco; Jovanović, Nikolina; Roy, Alec; Podlešek, Anja; Carli, Vladimir; Amore, Mario; Mancini, Michele; Marušič, Andrej

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.03.008

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“…These results are in keeping with previous research on the role of personality characteristics in suicidal behaviour, both in prison [50], [51], [52], [53] and in the community [6], [18].…”

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confidence: 92%

Psychosocial Characteristics and Social Networks of Suicidal Prisoners: Towards a Model of Suicidal Behaviour in Detention

Rivlin

Hawton²,

Marzano³

et al. 2013

PLoS ONE

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Prisoners are at increased risk of suicide. Investigation of both individual and environmental risk factors may assist in developing suicide prevention policies for prisoners and other high-risk populations. We conducted a matched case-control interview study with 60 male prisoners who had made near-lethal suicide attempts in prison (cases) and 60 male prisoners who had not (controls). We compared levels of depression, hopelessness, self-esteem, impulsivity, aggression, hostility, childhood abuse, life events (including events occurring in prison), social support, and social networks in univariate and multivariate models. A range of psychosocial factors was associated with near-lethal self-harm in prisoners. Compared with controls, cases reported higher levels of depression, hopelessness, impulsivity, and aggression, and lower levels of self-esteem and social support (all p values <0.001). Adverse life events and criminal history factors were also associated with near-lethal self-harm, especially having a prior prison spell and having been bullied in prison, both of which remained significant in multivariate analyses. The findings support a model of suicidal behaviour in prisoners that incorporates imported vulnerability factors, clinical factors, and prison experiences, and underscores their interaction. Strategies to reduce self-harm and suicide in prisoners should include attention to such factors.

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“…These results are in keeping with previous research on the role of personality characteristics in suicidal behaviour, both in prison [50], [51], [52], [53] and in the community [6], [18].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Psychosocial Characteristics and Social Networks of Suicidal Prisoners: Towards a Model of Suicidal Behaviour in Detention

Rivlin

Hawton²,

Marzano³

et al. 2013

PLoS ONE

110

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“…In particular, the findings are consistent with the relationship between emotional stability or neuroticism and a range of conditions including depression (Christensen & Kessing, 2006), eating disorders (Davis, 1997), obsessive-compulsive disorders (Slade, 1974), personality disorders (Trull, 1992), and anxiety (Bienvenu et al, 2004) and the suggestion that of the Big Five personality traits, emotional stability most closely relates to health (Vitterso, 2001). The findings of the current study are also consistent with the association between neuroticism and distress (suicidal ideation or attempts) reported by Sarchiapone et al (2009) in an offender population.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…For example, Gudjonsson, Sigurdsson, Young, Newton, and Peersen (2009) report that neuroticism and (to a lesser degree) psychoticism are related to symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome. In addition, suicide ideators and attempters report higher levels of psychoticism and neuroticism and lower levels of extraversion than nonideators and attempters (Sarchiapone et al, 2009).…”

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Personality and Symptoms of Psychological Ill Health Among Adult Male Offenders

Brewer

2010

Am J Mens Health

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The current study investigated the relationship between personality and symptoms of psychological ill health in adult male offenders. Male offenders (N = 161) housed at two medium-high-risk institutions completed the Ten Item Personality Inventory and the Symptom Checklist Outpatient Rating Scale. Emotional stability emerged as the strongest individual predictor of psychological ill health and predicted each of the subscales measured (somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, anger-hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism) and overall symptoms. Although agreeableness predicted depression and anger-hostility only, extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness to experience did not predict any aspect of psychological ill health investigated. The findings contribute to the current literature and provide further information about the relationship between personality and symptoms of psychological ill health in adult male offenders.

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“…To date, the research examining relationships between the FFM and suicide in inmate samples is sparse. Findings indicate that high neuroticism and low extraversion are linked to suicidality in offenders (Sarchiapone, Jovanovic, Roy et al, 2009). Neuroticism and extraversion have also been identified as particularly strong risk factors for suicide in the general and clinical populations.…”

Section: Personality and Suicidementioning

confidence: 92%

A Trait-Interpersonal Perspective on Suicide Risk in Criminal Offenders

Cramer

Garza

Henderson

et al. 2012

Archives of Suicide Research

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Despite elevated rates of suicide among offenders, research has yet to adequately address theoretically driven risk models in this population. The present study addresses such a gap by investigating a synthesized framework using 2 well-developed theoretical models, the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality and the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide (IPTS). Archival data from mitigation evaluations for pre-sentenced criminal offenders (n = 307) were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). Results supported a hypothesized personality-IPTS-suicide framework in which neuroticism and extraversion predict IPTS components, namely perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, and acquired capability. IPTS constructs subsequently directly and indirectly (via suicidal ideation) predicted suicide potential. Findings have important implications for suicide theory, research, and risk assessment with offenders.

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Relations of psychological characteristics to suicide behaviour: Results from a large sample of male prisoners

Cited by 38 publications

References 29 publications

Psychosocial Characteristics and Social Networks of Suicidal Prisoners: Towards a Model of Suicidal Behaviour in Detention

Psychosocial Characteristics and Social Networks of Suicidal Prisoners: Towards a Model of Suicidal Behaviour in Detention

Personality and Symptoms of Psychological Ill Health Among Adult Male Offenders

A Trait-Interpersonal Perspective on Suicide Risk in Criminal Offenders

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