Attitude to Suicide in Elderly People.

Autor/inn/en	De Leo, Diego; und weitere
Titel	Attitude to Suicide in Elderly People.
Quelle	(1987), (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adults; Age Differences; Attitudes; College Freshmen; Death; Depression (Psychology); Foreign Countries; High School Students; High Schools; Higher Education; Older Adults; Patients; Physical Health; Sex Differences; Suicide; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Studienanfänger; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Ausland; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Älterer Erwachsener; Patient; Gesundheitszustand; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Selbstmord; Italien
Abstract	Attitudes about suicide were examined among older adults in Padua, Italy and were compared to attitudes of younger subjects. Elderly subjects (N=246) consisted of 122 adults living in residential homes, 73 medical inpatients of a geriatric hospital, and 51 depressed inpatients with primary affective disorders. Younger subjects (N=263) consisted of 27 high school students, 100 university freshmen, 70 blue collar workers, and 66 inpatients of the general hospital. All subjects completed the Suicide Attitude Questionnaire. The results revealed a statistically significant difference between the overall populations of elderly and younger subjects, indicating a much lower attitude to suicide among the elderly than among younger subjects. A significantly higher attitude to suicide was found among the depressed inpatients than among medical inpatients. Higher scores were generally observed among older women than among older men. As a hypothetical suicidal method, the elderly subjects preferred drugs, gas, and jumping. The literature reveals that suicide methods chosen by the elderly who do attempt suicide--other than drugs--are hanging and drowning. This finding suggests that the elderly subjects studied here were oriented toward the "softer" means of suicide because overall they were not at high risk for suicide. (NB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC