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Discrete emotions, thwarted needs, and suicidality
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Discrete emotions, thwarted needs, and suicidality
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an analysis of suicide notes
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Gunn
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John
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1987-
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John Gunn
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Roseman
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Ira J
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Ira J Roseman
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chair
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August
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Kristin
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Kristin August
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internal member
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Cavanaugh
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Courtenay
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Courtenay Cavanaugh
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Rutgers University
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Camden Graduate School
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theses
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2012
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2012-05
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eng
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The present study had several aims. The first aim was to test the theory of Roseman and Kaiser (2001) which hypothesized that distress is more associated with suicidal behavior than sadness. The second aim was to compare the needs of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide (i.e., thwarted belonging and perceived burdensomeness) to the needs proposed by Shneidman (1996) (e.g., abasement, aggression) in their ability to predict suicidal behavior. The final aim was to do a series of exploratory analyses meant to test the role of various emotions and needs in suicidal behavior absent of any specific hypotheses. The emotional content of the notes were ascertained through the use of graduate student raters and analysis using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC), which was used to test the first aim independently of the raters’ results. The presence of the IPTS needs and the Shneidman needs were ascertained using the graduate student raters. Logistic regressions revealed that the emotions of sadness and distress were not significant predictors of suicide lethality, but that one motivational state of sadness (i.e., wanting to get (or keep) something pleasurable) and one of distress (i.e., wanting to get away from (or avoid) something painful) were predictive of suicide lethality. However, sadness’ motivational state was associated with lethal suicides while distress’ was associated with non-lethal suicides. Additionally, none of the Shneidman needs were significantly related to suicide lethality, while the IPTS needs (i.e., perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belonging) were marginally predictive of suicide lethality.
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Psychology
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x, 129 p. : ill.
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M.A.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by John F. Gunn III
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Suicidal behavior--Risk factors
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Suicide victims' writings
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Distress (Psychology)
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Sadness
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10005600001.ETD.000064974
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doi:10.7282/T3P55MF6
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ETD graduate
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Gunn
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John
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2012-05-07 14:35:42
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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