Changes in Attitudes towards Life and Death during Recovery from a Serious Suicide Attempt

Neuringer, Charles

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“…A final point, it is important to note that there are many similarities in findings and observations about suicidal adults (Richman, 1978; Kovacs & Beck, 1977; Neuringer, 1970) and those of suicidal children as presented here and elsewhere (Ackerly, 1976; Orbach, Glaubman, & Gross, 1979; Pfeffer, 1979). It is worthwhile to focus on such similarities and differences in the suicidal process of adults and children as it can help to understand the development of the suicidal personality.…”

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confidence: 69%

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Some Common Characteristics of Latency‐Age Suicidal Children: A Tentative Model Based on Case Study Analyses

Orbach

Gross

Glaubman

1981

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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Eleven latency-age (6 1/2 to 12 1/2) boys and girls who attempted or threatened suicide were investigated by means of the following information: intensive interviews, therapeutic meetings, direct observation in school, meetings with teachers, and survey of school records. The families of the children were also interviewed. In spite of the many differences between the children's personalities and backgrounds, some common dynamic features seemed to emerge: (a) There was a suicidal parent in the family, in most cases the mother; (b) Most of the families of these children were engaged in a major crisis, not necessarily centered around the suicidal child; (c) The children experienced demands by the parents to assume responsibilities which the children perceived as being beyond their capability; (d) There was a lack of satisfying relationships with adults; (e) Most children perceived death in a paradoxical way, believing that death was a need satisfying state yet fearing death; (f) The children showed strong positive strivings to say alive and were able to experience joy and happiness in spite of feelings of desperation and depression. A model based on the above multifaceted forces is presented. These forces consist of attractiveness of life, repulsiveness of life, attractiveness of death, and repulsiveness of death. Some of diagnostic and predictive uses of this model are elaborated.

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“…This suggestion has been previously emphasized with regard to adult suicide. (Neuringer, 1970; Leviton, 1978).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Some Common Characteristics of Latency‐Age Suicidal Children: A Tentative Model Based on Case Study Analyses

Orbach

Gross

Glaubman

1981

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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“…The suicidal adolescent tends to perceive death as an attractive state, and a continuation of life under improved conditions in which long-standing wishes may come true. Similar findings regarding distortions in the perception of death were reported in respect to suicidal adults (Neuringer, 1970). Orbach and Glaubman (1979) suggested that such distorted and idiosyncratic perceptions of death serve as a defense mechanism against the fear of death that arises in face of suicidal urges.…”

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confidence: 55%

Suicidal ideation among adolescents in relation to recalled exposure to violence

Cohen

2000

Curr Psychol

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The relationship between exposure to violence and vulnerability to suicide among adolescents was examined. The topic was initiated by the rapid increase in adolescent's exposure to violence and the sparse systematic research available on its relationship to attitudes about life and death. The study's main hypothesis is that high levels of exposure to violence are associated with high suicide risk according to two conceptual paradigms--Fear of Death and Attraction and Repulsion to Life. Eighty-five adolescents were administered three self report questionnaires. The questionnaires assessed levels of exposure to violence, fear of death, and attitudes towards life and death. Those who had been exposed to a high level of violence reported attitudes synonymous with the profile of an individual at risk for suicide (low fear of death, low repulsion to death, and low attraction to life; high repulsion to life and high attraction to death).

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“…With respect to acquired capability in particular, a strong literature exists indicating well-documented associations between suicidal behavior and an attenuated fear of death (Gutierrez, King, & Ghaziuddin, 1996;Minton & Brush, 1980;Neuringer, 1970;Orbach, Feshbach, Carlson & Ellenberg, 1984;Orbach, Kedem, Gorchover, Apter, & Tyano, 1993) and an elevated pain tolerance (Orbach et al, 1996a;Orbach et al, 1996b;Orbach, Mikulincer, King, Cohen, & Stein, 1997). Direct assessment of acquired capability has also repeatedly been linked to a range of painful and provocative experiences, including past suicidal behavior Bryan, Cukrowicz, West, & Morrow, 2010;Franklin, Hessel, & Prinstein, 2011;Smith, Cukrowicz, Poindexter, Hobson, & Cohen, 2010;.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Optimizing Screening and Risk Assessment for Suicide Risk in the U.S. Military

Joiner¹,

Lim²,

Bender³

2015

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Changes in Attitudes towards Life and Death during Recovery from a Serious Suicide Attempt

Cited by 15 publications

References 12 publications

Some Common Characteristics of Latency‐Age Suicidal Children: A Tentative Model Based on Case Study Analyses

Some Common Characteristics of Latency‐Age Suicidal Children: A Tentative Model Based on Case Study Analyses

Suicidal ideation among adolescents in relation to recalled exposure to violence

Optimizing Screening and Risk Assessment for Suicide Risk in the U.S. Military

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