Determinants of choice of method for suicide and the person/situation debate in psychology.
Researchers have not identified personological predictors of choice of method for suicide, whereas an availability hypothesis has received support. Thus, the situational position may be useful as a framework for efforts to prevent suicide.
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Center for the Study of Suicide, Blackwood, NJ 08012, USA.
D002755:Choice Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000092864:Suicide Prevention