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Suicide attempts among incarcerated homicide offenders

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: The aim was to investigate the role of age, drug abuse, period of confinement, loneliness, difficulty in controlling emotions, having no friends in prison, victimization in prison, guilt over crimes, insomnia, nightmares, anxiety, depression, and mood change in predicating suicide attempts in a sample of homicidal young prisoners. Poisson regression model indicated that five variables contributed significantly to the prediction of suicide attempts. Specifically, participants reporting drug abuse, difficulty in controlling emotions, victimization in prison, nightmares, and depression were significantly more likely to report suicide attempts while incarcerated

Source: NORMA

Authors: Katie Dhingra, Daniel Boduszek, Philip Hyland, Sonia Shagufta

Institutions: Manchester Metropolitan University, National College of Ireland, University of Ulster

Language: English

Topic: Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1574284322

FWCI: 0.366

Cites: 41

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10