Adolescent Suicide and Defensive Style.

Recklitis, Christopher J.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ452575

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Adolescent Suicide and Defensive Style.

Recklitis, Christopher J.; And Others

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v22 n3 p374-87 Fall 1992

Examined relationship between ego defense mechanisms, diagnoses, and suicidality among 200 adolescent psychiatric patients classified as suicide attempters, suicidal ideators, and nonsuicidal patients. Using Defense Mechanisms Inventory, found the suicidal adolescents score higher on turning-against-self and lower on reversal, as compared to nonsuicidal adolescents. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Clinical Diagnosis, Defense Mechanisms, Hospitalized Children, Psychiatric Hospitals, Suicide

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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