title: Personal suicidality in reception and identification with suicidal film characters.
abstract: The authors investigated the impact of suicidality on identity work during film exposure. Adults with low suicidality (n = 150) watched either It's My Party or The Fire Within, censored versions of these films not depicting the suicide, or the control film that concluded with a non-suicidal death. Baseline suicidality was measured with questionnaires before the movie. Identity work and identification with the protagonist were measured after the movie. Suicidality was directly associated with identity work during film dramas depicting suicide methods. The reception of suicide-related media content seems to partially depend on personal suicidality. Potential implications for suicide prevention are discussed.
authors: Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. benedikt.till@meduniwien.ac.at
authors: Benedikt
authors: B
authors: Till
authors: Department of Communication, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Vitouch
authors: Department of German Language. and Literature, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors: Arno
authors: A
authors: Herberth
authors: Department of Medical Psychology, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors: Gernot
authors: G
authors: Sonneck
authors: Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Niederkrotenthaler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001317:Austria; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009040:Motion Pictures; D012933:Social Identification; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention