Self-evaluation and subjective life expectancy among suicidal and nonsuicidal psychotic males.
- 1 December 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology
- Vol. 69 (6) , 628-634
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0046154
Abstract
Self-evaluation and expectancy scales were administered to 96 psychotic males, and protocols were later divided into suicidal (N = 43) and nonsuicidal (N = 53) groups, on the basis of record information. Self-evaluation (SE) was relatively low for covertly suicidal subjects, but not for subjects who had made actual suicide attempts. Suicidal subjects did not have a shorter subjective life expectancy (SLE) than nonsuicidals, but SLE was directly associated with SE regardless of suicidal tendencies. Constricted, "work-only" future plans were associated with SE and SLE among suicidals only, suggesting that the content of the subjective future may mediate the relationship between SE and SLE in suicidal patients.Keywords
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