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Is Counseling Ready for Rational Suicide? A Study of Perceived Competence
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Dufresne, Robin M.; Baltrinic, Eric R.; Laux, John M.; Reynolds, Jennifer – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2020
Many counselors believe suicidal ideation in a terminally ill client can be rational (Rogers et al, 2001). One hundred and fifty-three counselors rated their perceived competence to counsel individuals who are rationally suicidal. Data were analyzed with non-parametric statistics. Findings suggest participants with more education, more years of…
Descriptors: Suicide, Terminal Illness, Counselor Attitudes, Counseling Effectiveness
Effects of Race and Precipitating Event on Suicide versus Nonsuicide Death Classification in a College Sample
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Walker, Rheeda L.; Flowers, Kelci C. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2011
Race group differences in suicide death classification in a sample of 109 Black and White university students were examined. Participants were randomly assigned to read three vignettes for which the vignette subjects' race (only) varied. The vignettes each described a circumstance (terminal illness, academic failure, or relationship difficulties)…
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Death, Academic Failure
Functional Measurement: An Incredibly Flexible Tool
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Mullet, Etienne; Morales Martinez, Guadalupe Elizabeth; Makris, Ioannis; Roge, Bernadette; Munoz Sastre, Maria Teresa – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2012
Functional Measurement (FM) has been applied to a variety of settings that can be considered as "extreme" settings; that is, settings involving participants with severe cognitive disabilities or involving unusual stimulus material. FM has, as instance, been successfully applied for analyzing (a) numerosity judgments among children as…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Measurement Techniques, Young Children, Blindness
"What Lay Ahead ...": A Media Portrayal of Disability and Assisted Suicide
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Schwartz, Karen D.; Lutfiyya, Zana M. – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2009
Our society treats people with disabilities in an inequitable manner when compared with non-disabled people. This marginalisation is especially telling in the area of end-of-life issues. The confounding of disability with terminal illness can support practices of encouraging death via assisted suicide and other means for people who, although…
Descriptors: Terminal Illness, Suicide, Disabilities, Discourse Analysis
Relatives' Perspective on the Terminally Ill Patients Who Died after Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Interview Study in the Netherlands
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Georges, Jean-Jacques; Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D.; Muller, Martien T.; van der Wal, Gerrit; van der Heide, Agnes; van der Maas, Paul J. – Death Studies, 2007
This study used retrospective interviews with 87 relatives to describe the experiences of patients who died by euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide (EAS) in the Netherlands. Most of the patients suffered from cancer (85%). The relatives were most often a partner (63%) or a child (28%) of the patient. Before explicitly requesting EAS most…
Descriptors: Patients, Terminal Illness, Experience, Suicide
Measuring Depression at the End of Life: Is the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale a Valid Instrument?
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Olden, Megan; Rosenfeld, Barry; Pessin, Hayley; Breitbart, William – Assessment, 2009
Depression at the end of life is a common mental health issue with serious implications for quality of life and decision making. This study investigated the reliability and validity of one of the most frequently used measures of depression, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) in 422 patients with terminal cancer admitted to a palliative…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Validity, Suicide, Rating Scales