Introduction: Personality pathology is a significant risk factor for suicide in adolescence, but only little evidence has shed light on the differential role of specific personality emerging patterns for this outcome. Current views posit that the role of each risk factor has to be understood within the ongoing suicidal process being sustained by specific motivations. In this study we propose that specific emerging patterns of personality pathology in adolescence shape specific motivations for suicide as classified according to the Motivational Interview for Suicide (MIS), an instrument of investigation of motivations for suicide. Two objectives are investigated: 1) to verify the differential impact of specific personality pathological traits as dimensionally assessed by the SCID II, predict suicidality in a sample of adolescence referred for suicidal risk as assessed by the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSSRS); 2) to verify the association between specific pathological personality traits and the categories of motivations as assessed by the MIS. Methods: A sample of 100 adolescents referred for suicidal risk have been administered at the intake the SCID II, CSSRS, MIS. All group of adolescents were controlled for the emergence for suicidal conducts after six months. Regressions among intensity and severity of suicidal ideation, presence and number of attempted suicides, potential lethality of the attempts, SCID II number of criteria for each personality disorders, scores for each motivational areas were reckoned. Results: Significant statistical and clinically relevant associations emerge between number of criteria for personality disorders and motivational areas for suicide. CONCLUSION: the importance to study personality pathology for suicidal risk is confirmed, identifying the peculiar impact of each personality emerging pattern can be related to the elaboration of specific motivation for suicide in the individual adolescence.
Studying the role of motivation for suicide in adolescence: the role of personality emerging patterns / Williams, Riccardo; Frattini, Camilla; Moselli, Marta. - In: MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 2282-1619. - (2021). (Intervento presentato al convegno XXIII Congresso dell’AIP, Sezione Psicologia Clinica e Dinamica tenutosi a Lecce).
Studying the role of motivation for suicide in adolescence: the role of personality emerging patterns
Williams Riccardo
Primo
;Frattini CamillaSecondo
;Moselli MartaUltimo
2021
Abstract
Introduction: Personality pathology is a significant risk factor for suicide in adolescence, but only little evidence has shed light on the differential role of specific personality emerging patterns for this outcome. Current views posit that the role of each risk factor has to be understood within the ongoing suicidal process being sustained by specific motivations. In this study we propose that specific emerging patterns of personality pathology in adolescence shape specific motivations for suicide as classified according to the Motivational Interview for Suicide (MIS), an instrument of investigation of motivations for suicide. Two objectives are investigated: 1) to verify the differential impact of specific personality pathological traits as dimensionally assessed by the SCID II, predict suicidality in a sample of adolescence referred for suicidal risk as assessed by the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSSRS); 2) to verify the association between specific pathological personality traits and the categories of motivations as assessed by the MIS. Methods: A sample of 100 adolescents referred for suicidal risk have been administered at the intake the SCID II, CSSRS, MIS. All group of adolescents were controlled for the emergence for suicidal conducts after six months. Regressions among intensity and severity of suicidal ideation, presence and number of attempted suicides, potential lethality of the attempts, SCID II number of criteria for each personality disorders, scores for each motivational areas were reckoned. Results: Significant statistical and clinically relevant associations emerge between number of criteria for personality disorders and motivational areas for suicide. CONCLUSION: the importance to study personality pathology for suicidal risk is confirmed, identifying the peculiar impact of each personality emerging pattern can be related to the elaboration of specific motivation for suicide in the individual adolescence.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
