Intropunitiveness in Suicidal Adolescents

Levenson, Marvin; Neuringer, Charles

doi:10.1080/0091651x.1970.10380275

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“…It is believed that rigidity as a particular cognitive characteristic of suicidal individuals results in difficulty in developing alternative solutions to their emotional problems. Some support for this was obtained by Levenson and Neuringer (1971), who found that suicidal adolescents had more difficulty in problem-solving tasks than a group of psychiatric peers. It is unlikely that the California F Scale, the Rokeach Map Test, and the Unusual Uses Test measure the same construct.…”

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“…An approach that has promise for the understanding and treatment of suicidal individuals may be found in the work of investigators who, from both theoretical and empirical viewpoints, believe that the cognitive organization of these individuals is an important precursor to their suicidal acts (Beck, 1963;Levenson, 1972;Levenson & Neuringer, 1971;Neuringer, 1961Neuringer, , 1964Neuringer, , 1968Neuringer & Lettieri, 1971;Schneidman, 1957Schneidman, , 1960. Cognitive characteristics are mechanisms by which people perceive, interpret, and react to their environment.…”

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Cognitive characteristics of suicide attempters.

Patsiokas¹,

Clum²,

Luscomb³

1979

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

116

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Cognitive characteristics of rigidity, impulsivity, and field dependence were contrasted in a group of suicide attempters and a group of nonsuicidal psychiatric controls. The suicide attempt group was characterized by greater rigidity in a divergent thinking task while controlling for age and diagnosis using multivariate analysis. Field dependence was more characteristic of the suicide attempters, but only in the 19-34 age group. Impulsivity did not differentiate the two groups. The results were interpreted as supporting a hypothesis of a cognitive predisposition to attempting suicide.

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Cognitive characteristics of suicide attempters.

Patsiokas¹,

Clum²,

Luscomb³

1979

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

116

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“…Perhaps, this style is implicated in some, such as psychotic suicides, but not all types. Again, reactivity to stimluli (Applebaum & Holzman, 1962; Colson & Hurwitz, 1972), and the tendency to internalize (Levenson & Neuringer, 1970) or externalize (Williams & Nickels, 1969) may be evident in certain cases or types of suicide. While a generally disorganized individual probably cannot maintain a cognitive style of rigidity; internalization, and perhaps reactivity and externalization, may occur with a rigid style.…”

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“…In this way, it approximates the idea of field independence‐field dependence. Levenson and Neuringer (1970) found internalization or “intropunitiveness” to occur more often in suicide groups. Williams and Nichels (1969) identified suicide potential as an externally mediated phenomenon; that is, suicidal subjects perceived life events as being out of their control.…”

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Cognition and Suicide: A Methodological Review

Arffa¹

1983

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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This article reviews the literature related to studies measuring various cognitive properties in suicidal patients. It provides a structural framework with which to classify the studies, and employs the categories of suicidal logic, cognitive style, social cognition, and cognitive control. The methodological issues discussed include: sample characteristics, operational definitions of suicidal behaviors, use of appropriate control groups, and the temporal nature of assessment. Improvements in experimental design are suggested for use in future research.

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“…It is well established by now that suicidal individuals tend to be more cognitively rigid than nonsuicidal individuals (Levenson & Neuringer, 1971;Newringer, 1964). This phenomenon has been found both in suicidal adults (Patsiokas, Clums, & Luscomb, 1979) and in children (Orbach, Rosenheim, & Hary, 1987).…”

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Styles of Problem Solving in Suicidal Individuals

Orbach,

Bar‐Joseph,

Dror

1990

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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This study compared qualitative aspects of problem solving among suicide attempters, suicide ideators, and nonsuicidal patients. The subjects completed a suicidal intent scale and a problem‐solving task involving three dilemmas. Problem solving was analyzed along eight qualitative categories: versatility of the various solutions, reliance on self versus others, activity versus passivity, confrontation versus avoidance, relevance of the solution to the problem, positive versus negative affect, reference to the future, and extremity of the solution. The statistical analysis yielded differences among the three groups. In general, the solutions of suicidal patients showed less versatility, more avoidance, less relevance, more negative affect, and less reference to the future than the solutions of the nonsuicidal patients. The suicide attempters and nonsuicidal patients offered more active solutions than did the suicide ideators. Our findings emphasize the importance of general coping styles, as well as energetic/motivational aspects and affective aspects of the problem‐solving process. Some applications to therapy are discussed.

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Intropunitiveness in Suicidal Adolescents

Cited by 14 publications

References 10 publications

Cognitive characteristics of suicide attempters.

Cognitive characteristics of suicide attempters.

Cognition and Suicide: A Methodological Review

Styles of Problem Solving in Suicidal Individuals

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