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A Psychological Study of Relationship between Dysfunctional Attitude and Self-Esteem in Committing Suicide

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  • Reza Jarchi

    (Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch, iran)

  • Mostafa Shahiditabar
  • Servat Shahiditabar

Abstract

Suicide is the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally especially by a person who has no aim to continue his/her life. This study is concerned with the case of suicide who wanted to kill herself by means of a bowl of liquid (combination of pesticide, oil and some drugs) with the symptom of low self-esteem. in the case of methodology, The Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS) is used to measure the attitude of the subject. Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory is also used for measurement of self-esteem of the subject. Also some interviews were conducted with the subjects' school teachers and family. The results of the study show that the subject has low self-esteem and her cognitive misunderstandings are higher than normal. This study also confirms that high cognitive misunderstandings as well as low self-esteem causes suicide.

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  • Reza Jarchi & Mostafa Shahiditabar & Servat Shahiditabar, 2014. "A Psychological Study of Relationship between Dysfunctional Attitude and Self-Esteem in Committing Suicide," European Journal of Social Sciences Education and Research Articles, Revistia Research and Publishing, vol. 1, ejser_v1_.
    • Handle: RePEc:eur:ejserj:10
    DOI: 10.26417/ejser.v1i1.p274-278
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