Stephens B J
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 1987 Summer;17(2):107-18. doi: 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1987.tb01024.x.
The purpose of this study was to identify and describe characteristic social and psychological patterns of the adolescence of females who become suicide attempters during adulthood. To accomplish this retrospective study, life histories of 50 adult female suicide attempters were obtained; these were supplemented by a content analysis of personal documents written by the subjects during their adolescence. Two disparate social and psychological patterns were identified: "Cheap Thrills" and "Humble Pie." Cheap Thrills was a pattern of defiance, rebelliousness, acting-out behaviors, drug involvement, and indiscriminate sexuality. Humble Pie was in polar contrast and involved overconformity, docility, passivity, and emotional submergence. The significance of these findings lies in the identification of the second pattern, Humble Pie; this pattern is a stark contrast to the prevalent image in the suicide literature. More generally, the present study may contribute to an understanding of the long-term and processual nature of the suicidal careers of females.
本研究的目的是识别并描述成年期有自杀未遂行为的女性在青少年时期的典型社会和心理模式。为完成这项回顾性研究，获取了50名成年女性自杀未遂者的生活史；并通过对这些研究对象在青少年时期所写个人文档的内容分析对其进行补充。识别出了两种截然不同的社会和心理模式：“廉价刺激”和“忍气吞声”。“廉价刺激”表现为挑衅、叛逆、行为冲动、涉毒以及不加选择的性行为。“忍气吞声”则与之形成极端反差，表现为过度顺从、温顺、被动和情绪压抑。这些研究结果的意义在于识别出了第二种模式“忍气吞声”；这种模式与自杀文献中普遍的形象形成了鲜明对比。更普遍地说，本研究可能有助于理解女性自杀生涯的长期和过程性本质。
