title: A cross-cultural study of suicide intent in parasuicide patients.
abstract: As part of the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Parasuicide, the level of suicide intent among female and male parasuicide patients from various European regions was compared. From nine regions, a total of 1,212 parasuicide patients, 752 females and 460 males, were included in the study. Although some statistical significant differences in level of suicide intent between the regions and genders were found, the effect sizes of these relationships were so small that the differences have neither theoretical nor practical significance. As far as level of suicide intent is concerned, the WHO study has succeeded in recruiting a relatively homogeneous group of self-harming patients across borders of region, culture, and country.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. heidi.hjelmeland@svt.ntnu.no
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hjelmeland
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nordvik
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bille-Brahe
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Leo
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kerkhof
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lönnqvist
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Renberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmidtke
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wasserman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D011581:Psychological Tests; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior; D012737:Sex Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*