Assessment of private security guards by Suicide Probability Scale and Brief Symptom Inventory

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Dogan B., Cantürk G., Cantürk N., Güney S., Ozcan E.

RIVISTA DI PSICHIATRIA, cilt.51, sa.2, ss.72-78, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 51 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1708/2246.24200
  • Dergi Adı: RIVISTA DI PSICHIATRIA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.72-78
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: private security guards, social security, suicide, Suicide Probability Scale, Brief Symptom Inventory, PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT, CIGARETTE-SMOKING, RISK-FACTORS, BEHAVIOR, PREVENTION, IDEATION, GENDER
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim. The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of suicide probability and relevant sociodemographic features and to provide information for preventing suicide in private security guards working under the stressful conditions and continuous exposure to the negative and traumatic life events. Methods. 200 private security guards and 200 personnels of Ankara University participated in the study. A sociodemographic information questionnaire, the Suicide Probability Scale (SPS) and the Brief Symptom Inventory ( BSI) were used to collect the data. Results. Gender, marital status, income, religious beliefs, experiencing a life-threatening situation, history of a suicide attempt, smoking and not having a chronic disease caused statistically significant differences in the scores for SPS between the private security guards group and the controls. Moreover there was a statistically significant positive correlation between the total scores of the subscales of SPS and the total scores of BSI. Conclusions. Like police officers and gendarmes, private security guards are at high risk of committing and attempting suicide because of being at stressful work settings and also suffering from secondary trauma. It is required that they should be aware of their tendency to commit suicide and have regular psychiatric screenings.