Does Suicidal History Enhance Acceptance of Other Suicidal Individuals?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2001
Department
Psychology
Abstract
Suicide is stigmatized, so suicidal people may be especially hard to accept. To see if moderately suicidal outpatients were more accepting of a suicidal person than never-suicidal or severely suicide outpatients, 105 respondents completed measures of suicidality, depression, acceptance, and empathy. A curvilinear ANCOVA was nonsignificant, but a linear ANCOVA significantly adjusted for depression, and indicated, unexpectedly, that net of depression, never-suicidal people were more accepting of a suicidal person than moderately or severely suicidal people. Empathy and acceptance were moderately related. An implication is that social support for suicidal individuals might best be obtained from those who were never suicidal themselves.
Publication Title
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Volume
31
Issue
4
First Page
397
Last Page
404
Recommended Citation
Knott, E.,
Range, L. M.
(2001). Does Suicidal History Enhance Acceptance of Other Suicidal Individuals?. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 31(4), 397-404.
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