Department of Sociology, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-1905, USA.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2009 Oct;39(5):558-68. doi: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.5.558.
There is disagreement in the suicide literature on the value of suicide notes as a data source, particularly regarding the extent to which suicide decedents who write notes differ from those who do not. Using 10 years of suicide cases from Summit County, Ohio, these two groups were compared on 40 variables including sociodemographic characteristics, reported affect before death, precipitating events, physical and mental health status and care, and method of suicide. The only differences found were that note writers were more likely to have lived alone and had made prior suicide threats. These findings suggest that for research purposes, suicide cases with and without notes are essentially similar.
在自杀文献中，对于自杀笔记作为数据源的价值存在分歧，特别是在写笔记的自杀死者与不写笔记的自杀死者之间存在差异的程度上。本研究使用了来自俄亥俄州萨米特县的 10 年自杀案例，对这两组人群在 40 个变量上进行了比较，包括社会人口统计学特征、死前报告的情绪、促成事件、身心健康状况和护理以及自杀方式。唯一发现的差异是，写笔记的人更有可能独居并曾有过自杀威胁。这些发现表明，出于研究目的，有笔记和无笔记的自杀案例在本质上是相似的。
