Gender-specific personality differentials of suicide ideation among adolescents

Résumé

The present study aimed at the exploration of gender-specific projective and psychometric personality indicants of suicide ideation. For this, 300 Senior Secondary School students (150 females & 150 males) randomly drawn from various schools of Gurgaon and Delhi, were administered with Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation, SIS-II and Neo-FFI. The obtained data were analyzed by Descriptive Statistics, t-ratios, Pearson's Correlations, and Principal Component Factor Analysis. The t-ratios revealed female students to score significantly high on Suicide Ideation, Human, Animal, Movement, Most Typical, Neuroticism, and low on Anatomy, Extraversion, and Conscientiousness. Correlations and Factor Analysis depicted structured overlap between suicide ideation and personality variables. Neuroticism, Extraversion, Movement, Depression, and Hostility & Aggression have emerged as most common correlates of suicide ideation in male and female students. It suggests Personality-Suicide-Constellation Index consisting of N+, E-, M+, D+ and HAS+. The findings further suggest the need of large scale investigation of personality correlates of suicide on both suicide ideation and attempt. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved) INDE ASIE GENRE HOMME FEMME ADOLESCENT ÉTUDIANT-SECONDAIRE PERSONNALITÉ