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Broad and narrow personality traits as markers of one-time and repeated suicide attempts: A population-based study

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Brezo, Jelena, Paris, Joel, Hébert, Martine, Vitaro, Frank, Tremblay, Richard, Turecki, Gustavo·2008·BMC Psychiatry
DOI 10.1186/1471-244x-8-15PMC PMC2294113
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Background: Studying personality traits with the potential to differentiate between individuals engaging in suicide attempts of different degrees of severity could help us to understand the processes underlying the link of personality and nonfatal suicidal behaviours and to identify at-risk groups. One approach may be to examine whether narrow, i.e., lower-order personality traits may be more useful than their underlying, broad personality trait dimensions. Methods: We investigated qualitative and quantitative differences in broad and narrow personality traits between one-time and repeated suicide attempters in a longitudinal, population-based sample of young French Canadian adults using two multivariate regression models. Results: One broad (Compulsivity: OR = 2.0; 95% CI 1.2–3.5) and one narrow personality trait (anxiousness: OR = 1.1; 95% CI 1.01–1.1) differentiated between individuals with histories of repeated and one-time suicide attempts. Affective instability [(OR = 1.1; 95% CI 1.04–1.1)] and anxiousness [(OR = .92; 95% CI .88–.95)], on the other hand, differentiated between nonattempters and one-time suicide attempters. Conclusion: Emotional and cognitive dysregulation and associated behavioural manifestations may be associated with suicide attempts of different severity. While findings associated with narrow traits may be easier to interpret and link to existing sociobiological theories, larger effect sizes associated with broad traits such as Compulsivity may be better suited to objectives with a more clinical focus.

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  • Longitudinal trajectory studies have provided convincing evidence linking behavioural traits with long-term suicidal behaviour.

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Authors
Brezo, J., Paris, J., Hébert, M., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R., & Turecki, G.
Affiliations
  • Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CA)
  • McGill University (CA)
  • Université du Québec à Montréal (CA)
  • Research Unit on Children's Psychosocial Maladjustment (CA)
Corresponding author
Turecki, Gustavo
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Venue
BMC Psychiatry
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2008-03-06
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
15-15
ISSN
1471-244X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1186/1471-244x-8-15
PMC
PMC2294113
OpenAlex
W2003330166
Cited by
44
References
81
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FWCI
2.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords
suicide attempts, repeated suicide attempts, compulsivity, anxiety, neuroticism, emotional dysregulation, cognitive dysregulation
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Character, Child, Child Abuse, Sexual, Humans, Individuality, Inhibition, Psychological, Life Change Events, Longitudinal Studies, Personality Assessment, Personality Disorders, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Risk Factors, Suicide, Attempted, Reproducibility of Results, Secondary Prevention

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