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Suicide Life Threat Behav. 1987 Fall;17(3):233-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1987.tb00270.x.
This study of suicide notes, concerning the demographic variables of age and sex, involved the deduction of 50 classifications (protocol sentences) that reflected important aspects of Shneidman's formulations with regard to suicide. Independent judges noted the incidence of contents corresponding to the protocol sentences in the notes left by 60 suicides-20 notes written by individuals (females and males) in each of the three categories of Young, Middle, and Late Adulthood. Age (notably in regard to Young Adults), but not sex, was found to be a critical discriminating variable on a number of specific classifications and clusters of these classifications (Perturbation, Relations, Cognitions Regarding Self, and Long-Term Instability), although considerable similarities were also noted across the adult life span. Implications of the results are discussed.
这项关于自杀遗书的研究涉及年龄和性别这两个人口统计学变量，从中推导得出50种分类（记录语句），这些分类反映了施奈德曼关于自杀的理论中一些重要方面。独立评审员记录了60份自杀遗书（分别来自青年、中年和老年三个年龄段的个体，每个年龄段的男女各20份遗书）中与这些记录语句相对应的内容出现频率。研究发现，年龄（尤其是青年群体）而非性别，在一些特定分类以及这些分类的群组（扰动、人际关系、自我认知和长期不稳定）上是一个关键的区分变量，不过在整个成年阶段也发现了相当多的相似之处。文中还讨论了研究结果的意义。
