Knizek Birthe Loa, Hjelmeland Heidi, Skruibis Paulius, Fartacek Reinhold, Fekete Sandor, Gailiene Danute, Osvath Peter, Renberg Ellinor Salander, Rohrer Rudolf R
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Crisis. 2008;29(3):123-30. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910.29.3.123.
The purpose of the present study was to compare county council politicians' attitudes toward suicide and suicide prevention in five European countries. A questionnaire was distributed and here the responses to the open-ended questions are analyzed qualitatively. Considerable differences were found in what the politicians in the five countries believed to be the most important causes of suicide and how suicide can be prevented. There were also differences in to what degree the politicians revealed a judgmental attitude toward suicide, which seemed to be related to the magnitude of the problem in the respective countries. A certain implicit inconsistency in the logic directing the politicians' responses was found when their views on causes to suicide and suicide prevention strategies were compared. The responses indicate a need for increased consciousness and knowledge about suicide and suicide prevention among politicians in all the five countries. This is important since they are responsible for initiating and funding suicide preventive efforts.
本研究的目的是比较五个欧洲国家的县议会政治家对自杀及自杀预防的态度。发放了一份调查问卷，在此对开放式问题的回答进行定性分析。五个国家的政治家在认为自杀最重要的原因以及如何预防自杀方面存在相当大的差异。政治家对自杀表现出评判态度的程度也存在差异，这似乎与各国问题的严重程度有关。在比较政治家对自杀原因和自杀预防策略的看法时，发现指导他们回答的逻辑存在某种隐含的不一致。这些回答表明，所有五个国家的政治家都需要提高对自杀及自杀预防的意识和知识。这很重要，因为他们负责发起和资助自杀预防工作。
