Leenaars A A
Crisis. 1989 Oct;10(2):132-51.
This archival study, concerning the demographic variable of age, involved the assessment of 8 identified classifications (clusters) as possible predictors of suicide notes and, by implication, suicide. The possible predictors, derived from the theoretical work of 10 suicidologists, were as follows: unbearable psychological pain, interpersonal relations, rejection-aggression, inability to adjust, indirect expressions, identification-egression, ego, and cognitive constriction. Independent judges noted the incidence of contents corresponding to 36 specific protocol sentences, constituting the 8 clusters, in 60 suicide notes--20 notes written by individuals in Young, Middle, and Late Adulthood. An analysis was able to discriminate the age groups on a number of clusters, notably in regard to Young Adults, although considerable commonalities were noted across the adult life span. The results indicate that a life-span perspective is essential when one is constructing a model to interpret suicide of adults.
这项关于年龄这一人口统计学变量的档案研究，涉及对8个已确定的分类（集群）进行评估，这些分类可能是自杀遗书以及隐含的自杀行为的预测因素。这些可能的预测因素源自10位自杀学专家的理论研究成果，具体如下：无法承受的心理痛苦、人际关系、拒绝-攻击、无法适应、间接表达、认同-退行、自我以及认知受限。独立评判人员记录了60封自杀遗书（其中20封由青年、中年和老年个体所写）中与构成这8个集群的36条特定标准语句相对应的内容出现的频率。尽管在整个成年期都发现了相当多的共性，但分析能够在一些集群上区分不同年龄组，尤其是在青年群体方面。结果表明，在构建解释成年人自杀的模型时，采用毕生发展的视角至关重要。
