Suicide probability: An assessment terms of reasons for living, hopelessness and loneliness

Durak Batıgün A.

TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI, vol.16, no.1, pp.29-39, 2005 (SSCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Journal Name: TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.29-39
  • Keywords: suicide, aging, education, loneliness, SEX-DIFFERENCES, DEPRESSION, IDEATION, GENDER, EPIDEMIOLOGY, ADOLESCENTS, POPULATION, INVENTORY, BEHAVIOR, THINKING
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the current study is to specify the reasons that hold people clinging to life; to investigate their suicide probability, and to describe the relationship of these variables with other variables such as hopelessness and loneliness, taking age, education and other socioeconomic variables into consideration.