An Exploratory Analysis of Personality Factors Contributed to Suicide Attempts

Abstract

Introduction: Suicide is the third leading cause of death among people aged 15 to 34 years and one among the top 10 causes of death in every country. Attempted suicide appears to be a major risk factor for suicide completion.
Objectives:  

1. Identify the psycho-socio-demographic factors contributing suicide attempts  
2. Identify the personality factors contributing to suicide attempts  
3. Find out the association between psycho- socio-demographic factors and personality factors among suicide attempters  
4. Find out the relations among selected significant factors of suicide attempters
   Materials and Methods: Suicide attempters admitted in various departments and referred to department of psychiatry for further evaluation formed the sample for this study. Convenient sampling technique was used as there is limited number of subjects available
   Data collected was analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Scientists PC software system.

Conclusion: Present study identified psychosocial- socio demographic factors such as young age, married females, nuclear family, feeling lonely and feeling burden to family, those who cannot solve the problems of day to day life, presence of psychiatric diagnosis contributed to suicide attempt.