The effect of character traits and coping style on suicide attempts in Japanese adults with mental disorders
Background: Very few studies have examined the relationship between stress and the extent of suicide attempts in patients with transdiagnostic mental disorders. We examined the relationship between suicide attempts and stress-related indicators such as stressors, character traits, and coping strateg...
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doaj-639096fd82fe49699847ffada64db7282021-04-22T13:42:34ZengElsevierJournal of Affective Disorders Reports2666-91532021-04-014100110The effect of character traits and coping style on suicide attempts in Japanese adults with mental disordersDaichi Sugawara0Yuki Shiratori1Noriko Yamada2Chie Yaguchi3Eiichi Senoo4Takafumi Hori5Hirokazu Tachikawa6Department of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8752, Japan; Corresponding author.Ibaraki Prefectural Medical Center of Psychiatry, JapanIbaraki Prefectural Medical Center of Psychiatry, JapanIbaraki Prefectural Medical Center of Psychiatry, JapanIbaraki Prefectural Medical Center of Psychiatry, JapanIbaraki Prefectural Medical Center of Psychiatry, JapanDepartment of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8752, JapanBackground: Very few studies have examined the relationship between stress and the extent of suicide attempts in patients with transdiagnostic mental disorders. We examined the relationship between suicide attempts and stress-related indicators such as stressors, character traits, and coping strategies. Methods: Participants were 164 Japanese adults with mental disorders who: (a) had never attempted suicide, (b) had attempted suicide before three months, or (c) had attempted suicide within the past three months. We assessed their character traits, life stressors, and coping strategies with a self-report measure. Results: One-way analysis of variance revealed significant differences between the participants’ characters, coping, and stress. Self-orientation and wishful thinking were lower, and self-transcendence, abandonment, and stress were higher among present suicide attempters compared to non-attempters. Multinomial logistic regression analysis showed self-directedness, self-transcendence, and abandonment predicted a high probability of a suicide attempt. Limitations: Causal links could not be established due to the cross-sectional design of this study, and the lack of participant diversity limits the generalizability of our results. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that self-directedness, low self-transcendence, and ease of abandonment predict suicide attempts in Japanese patients with transdiagnostic mental and behavioral disorders.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915321000378Suicide attemptCharacterCoping behaviorRisk factorStress |
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Daichi Sugawara Yuki Shiratori Noriko Yamada Chie Yaguchi Eiichi Senoo Takafumi Hori Hirokazu Tachikawa The effect of character traits and coping style on suicide attempts in Japanese adults with mental disorders Journal of Affective Disorders Reports Suicide attempt Character Coping behavior Risk factor Stress |
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Daichi Sugawara Yuki Shiratori Noriko Yamada Chie Yaguchi Eiichi Senoo Takafumi Hori Hirokazu Tachikawa |
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The effect of character traits and coping style on suicide attempts in Japanese adults with mental disorders |
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The effect of character traits and coping style on suicide attempts in Japanese adults with mental disorders |
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The effect of character traits and coping style on suicide attempts in Japanese adults with mental disorders |
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The effect of character traits and coping style on suicide attempts in Japanese adults with mental disorders |
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The effect of character traits and coping style on suicide attempts in Japanese adults with mental disorders |
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effect of character traits and coping style on suicide attempts in japanese adults with mental disorders |
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Journal of Affective Disorders Reports |
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2666-9153 |
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Background: Very few studies have examined the relationship between stress and the extent of suicide attempts in patients with transdiagnostic mental disorders. We examined the relationship between suicide attempts and stress-related indicators such as stressors, character traits, and coping strategies. Methods: Participants were 164 Japanese adults with mental disorders who: (a) had never attempted suicide, (b) had attempted suicide before three months, or (c) had attempted suicide within the past three months. We assessed their character traits, life stressors, and coping strategies with a self-report measure. Results: One-way analysis of variance revealed significant differences between the participants’ characters, coping, and stress. Self-orientation and wishful thinking were lower, and self-transcendence, abandonment, and stress were higher among present suicide attempters compared to non-attempters. Multinomial logistic regression analysis showed self-directedness, self-transcendence, and abandonment predicted a high probability of a suicide attempt. Limitations: Causal links could not be established due to the cross-sectional design of this study, and the lack of participant diversity limits the generalizability of our results. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that self-directedness, low self-transcendence, and ease of abandonment predict suicide attempts in Japanese patients with transdiagnostic mental and behavioral disorders. |
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Suicide attempt Character Coping behavior Risk factor Stress |
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