Traumatic life events and suicide risk among jail inmates: The influence of types of events, time period and significant others

Blaauw, Eric; Arensman, Ella; Kraaij, Vivian; Winkel, Frans Willem; Bout, Ruben

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“…Most studies have confirmed that women are at high risk for suicidal behaviors during incarceration, and researchers have reported prevalence rates of 25% to 50% for prior suicide attempts in female prison samples (Blaauw, Arensman, Kraaij, Winkel, & Bout, 2002). Thus, this population of inmates is particularly worthy of study because of high rates of both self-harm and other-harm behaviors.…”

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“…These researchers did not examine the differential relationships between the two factors of the PCL-R and abuse. Preliminary research in men suggests that PCL-R F2, but not F1, is related generally to familial-environmental variables involving childhood adversity (Harpur et al, 1989).Abuse history may also play a role in the development of suicidality and self-harm behaviors across different populations (Arboleda-Florez & Wade, 2001;Johnson et al, 2002), including jail detainees (Blaauw et al, 2002) and female prisoners (Snow, 1997). In the current study, we examined the contribution of childhood abuse history to accounting for criminal and suicidal behaviors, and their co-occurrence, within a female prison sample.…”

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Psychopathy and Suicidality in Female Offenders: Mediating Influences of Personality and Abuse.

Verona

Hicks

Patrick

2005

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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The influence of personality and childhood abuse on suicidal behaviors and psychopathy was examined among female prisoners. Scores on the affective/interpersonal component (Factor 1; F1) and the antisocial deviance (Factor 2; F2) component of psychopathy were obtained from the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (R. D. Hare, 1991). Suicide attempt and childhood physical and sexual abuse history were coded from interviews and prison files, and personality was assessed using the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (A. Tellegen, in press). Suicide attempts were positively associated with F2 and negatively associated with F1, and each factor accounted for unique variance in suicidality. Path analyses demonstrated that personality mediated the effects of physical abuse on F2, but sexual abuse accounted for unique variance in both suicide attempts and F2. Abuse and personality accounted for minimal variance in F1. These results are discussed in relation to the identification of individuals at risk for both self-and other-harm behaviors. Keywordspsychopathy; suicide; female prisoners; personality; abuse Given the increasing rates of criminal conviction and incarceration among women (Jordan, Schlenger, Fairbank, & Caddell, 1996), researchers have focused greater attention on this group of offenders. Most studies have confirmed that women are at high risk for suicidal behaviors during incarceration, and researchers have reported prevalence rates of 25% to 50% for prior suicide attempts in female prison samples (Blaauw, Arensman, Kraaij, Winkel, & Bout, 2002). Thus, this population of inmates is particularly worthy of study because of high rates of both self-harm and other-harm behaviors. In addition, an extensive research literature within the past several years has confirmed a strong association between antisocial and suicidal behaviors, particularly among externalizing men (Ivanoff & Jang, 1991;Marcus & Alcabes, 1993); however, minimal research has been conducted specifically with female criminal samples (see Verona & Vitale, in press).The current study is the first to explicitly examine relationships between suicidal behavior and antisocial-psychopathic tendencies in a female prison sample. The goal of this study was to Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Edelyn Verona, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, 603 E. Daniel Street, Champaign, IL 61820. E-mail: everona@uiuc.edu. Edelyn Verona, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Brian M. Hicks and Christopher J. Patrick, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota. NIH Public Access NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript extend previous research on this connection by attempting to understand whether psychopathic personality traits, in contrast to antisocial deviance per se, would be related to suicidal behaviors in women. Specifically, we examined the differential relationships of the affectiveinterpersonal (primary psychopathy traits) and antisocial ...

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Psychopathy and Suicidality in Female Offenders: Mediating Influences of Personality and Abuse.

Verona

Hicks

Patrick

2005

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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“…Enfin les événements traumatiques de vie tels que l'abus sexuel, la maltraitance physique et émotionnelle, l'abandon, les tentatives de suicide (soit pendant l'enfance, l'âge adulte ou la détention) sont associés à un risque suicidaire [3].…”

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Les idéations suicidaires chez les nouveaux arrivants en maison d’arrêt

Gibeaux¹

2010

Annales Médico-psychologiques, revue psychiatrique

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“…The occurrence of suicidal behaviour also depends on type of negative life event, time of its appearance and support a person has in his environment, and can be part of a process triggered by a stressful event. Especially threatening are negative events that occur in childhood (2). An expanding body of research suggests that childhood trauma and adverse experiences can lead to a variety of negative health outcomes, including substance abuse, depressive disorders, and attempted suicide among adolescents and adults (2)(3)(4).…”

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“…Especially threatening are negative events that occur in childhood (2). An expanding body of research suggests that childhood trauma and adverse experiences can lead to a variety of negative health outcomes, including substance abuse, depressive disorders, and attempted suicide among adolescents and adults (2)(3)(4). It was shown that childhood sexual and physical abuse are strongly associated with suicidal behaviour in adulthood (5).…”

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Association between alcohol abuse, childhood adverse events and suicide

Politakis¹,

Pregelj

Paska

et al. 2017

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Background: Negative life events present a risk for suicidal behaviour. The occurrence of suicidal behaviour also depends on type of negative life events, time of their appearance and the support person has in their environment, and can be part of a process triggered by a stressful event. The aim of the study was to investigate adverse childhood events, parental alcoholism and alcohol abuse in association with suicidal behaviour of suicide victims. Methods:A case-control study was conducted involving 90 individuals from Slovenian population who committed suicide and 90 age-sex matched controls drawn from the living population. Data were collected by means of semi-structured interviews with key informants by the principles of psychological autopsy.Results: Alcohol abuse was reported more often for suicide victims than for controls. The same was true for severe deprivation in childhood and alcoholism of one or both parents. Differences between groups in separation from one or both parents, death of one or both parents, reported parental divorce in childhood or sexual abuse in childhood were not observed. Conclusions:We should conclude that negative events in childhood and alcohol abuse in adulthood of suicide victims could be related to suicidal behaviour in population with higher suicide rate. When planning measures for the prevention of suicidal behaviour, adverse events in childhood and alcohol abuse should not be neglected to plan measures to prevent such events accordingly and to raise awareness about the dangers of alcohol abuse for suicidal behavior. IzvlečekIzhodišča: Negativni življenjski dogodki predstavljajo tveganje za samomorilno vedenje. Pojav samomorilnega vedenja je odvisen od vrste negativnega življenjskega dogodka, časa njegovega pojava in podpore, ki jo ima oseba v svojem okolju in je lahko del procesa, ki ga je sprožil stresni dogodek. Namen študije je bil raziskati pojav neželenih dogodkov in alkoholizma staršev v otroštvu pri žrtvah samomora, zlorabo alkohola med žrtvami ter morebitno povezanost teh dogodkov s pojavom samomorilnega vedenja.Metode: V raziskavo je bilo vključenih 90 žrtev samomora in 90 intervjuvancev iz splošne populacije, ki so bili vključeni kot kontrolna skupina. Med osebami, ki so bile vključene v raziskavo, ni bilo razlik v spolu in starosti. Podatki so bili zbrani s pomočjo polstrukturiranih intervjujev po metodi psihološke avtopsije.Rezultati: O zlorabi alkohola so pogosteje poročali pri žrtvah samomora kot v kontrolni skupini. Tudi poročanje o hudem pomanjkanju in alkoholizmu enega ali obeh staršev v otroštvu je bilo pogostejše v skupini žrtev samomora kot v kontrolni skupini intervjuvancev. Citirajte kot/Cite as: zdrav vestn. 2017; 86:365-72. Prispelo: 17. 3. 2016 86:365-72. Prispelo: 17. 3. sprejeto: 23. 7. 2017 pogostosti ločitve preiskovancev od enega ali od obeh staršev, smrti enega ali obeh staršev, razvezi staršev v otroštvu ali razlik v poročanju o spolni zlorabi v otroštvu nismo ugotovili.Zaključki: Negativni dogodki v otroštvu in zloraba alko...

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Traumatic life events and suicide risk among jail inmates: The influence of types of events, time period and significant others

Cited by 101 publications

References 41 publications

Psychopathy and Suicidality in Female Offenders: Mediating Influences of Personality and Abuse.

Psychopathy and Suicidality in Female Offenders: Mediating Influences of Personality and Abuse.

Les idéations suicidaires chez les nouveaux arrivants en maison d’arrêt

Association between alcohol abuse, childhood adverse events and suicide

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