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Attitudes Towards Suicide in Slovenia: A Cross-Sectional Survey

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  • Marga Kocmur

    (University Psychiatric Hospital, Ljubljana-Polje, Slovenia; University Psychiatric Hospital, Studenec 48, SI-1260 Ljubljana-Polje, Slovenia. marga.kocmur@psih-klinika.si)

  • Mojca Z. DernovÅ¡ek

    (University Psychiatric Hospital, Ljubljana-Polje, Slovenia)

Abstract

Background: Slovenia has been experiencing a very high suicide rate (30 per 10,000 inhabitants per year or higher) and there are no data on public attitudes towards suicide in Slovenia. Aims: To identify public attitudes towards suicide in order to expand the basis for prevention. Methods: A Suicide Attitudes Questionnaire (SUIATT) was sent to a representative sample of adult Slovenian citizens. Results: Some 5.2% of respondents had at least one previous suicidal attempt and 21.6% reported suicidal ideation (SI). More respondents with SI than respondents without SI reported: 1) the suicidal act as deliberated, 2) less importance attached to the mental illness in suicidal behaviour, 3) that a person has the right to commit suicide, and 4) the suicidal act as an act of cowardice. Conclusions: Results do not allow a general statement whether attitudes towards suicide are permissive or restrictive. However, in the subgroup of respondents with SI we found a tendency towards permissiveness regarding suicide.

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  • Marga Kocmur & Mojca Z. DernovÅ¡ek, 2003. "Attitudes Towards Suicide in Slovenia: A Cross-Sectional Survey," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 49(1), pages 8-16, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:49:y:2003:i:1:p:8-16
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764003049001537
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    1. Jody Quigley & Susan Rasmussen & John McAlaney, 2017. "The Social Norms of Suicidal and Self-Harming Behaviours in Scottish Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(3), pages 1-15, March.
    2. Céline Kopp-Bigault & Michel Walter & Anne Thevenot, 2016. "The social representations of suicide in France: An inter-regional study in Alsace and Brittany," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 62(8), pages 737-748, December.

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