Exploring Personality Features in Patients with Affective Disorders and History of Suicide Attempts : A Comparative Study with Their Parents and Control Subjects
Joint Authors
Camarena, Beatriz
Fresán, Ana
Sarmiento, Emmanuel
Source
Depression Research and Treatment
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-03-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Personality traits are important candidate predictors of suicidal behavior.
Several studies have reported an association between personality/temperament traits and suicidal behavior, suggesting personality traits as intermediary phenotypes related to suicidal behavior.
Thus, it is possible that suicide attempts can be accounted for by increased familial rates of risk personality traits.
The aim of this work was to evaluate personality traits in affective disorder patients with attempted suicide and to compare them with the personality trait scores of their parents.
In addition, ITC scores in the two groups were compared with a healthy control sample.
The patients evaluated met the DSM-IV criteria for major depression disorder or dysthymia and had a documented history of suicide attempts.
Psychiatric diagnoses of patients and parents were done according to the SCID-I and the personality was assessed using the Temperament and Character Inventory.
We analyzed 49 suicide attempt subjects and their parents (n=95) and 89 control subjects.
We observed that temperament and character dimensions were similar between patients and their parents (P>0.05).
In particular, we observed that high HA and low P, SD, and CO were shared among families.
Our study is the first to report that the personality traits of affective disorder patients with a history of attempted suicide are shared between patients and their parents.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Camarena, Beatriz& Fresán, Ana& Sarmiento, Emmanuel. 2014. Exploring Personality Features in Patients with Affective Disorders and History of Suicide Attempts : A Comparative Study with Their Parents and Control Subjects. Depression Research and Treatment،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Camarena, Beatriz…[et al.]. Exploring Personality Features in Patients with Affective Disorders and History of Suicide Attempts : A Comparative Study with Their Parents and Control Subjects. Depression Research and Treatment No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-460908
American Medical Association (AMA)
Camarena, Beatriz& Fresán, Ana& Sarmiento, Emmanuel. Exploring Personality Features in Patients with Affective Disorders and History of Suicide Attempts : A Comparative Study with Their Parents and Control Subjects. Depression Research and Treatment. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-460908
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-460908