title: Temperament and Character Profiles of Group-Based Suicide Cases.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Personality and character traits may be a key predisposing factor to consider in the life course of people who are vulnerable to suicide.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is first to explore the possible presence of different subgroups of suicide decedents based on developmental profiles of adversity, and secondly to examine the association of personality and character dimensions (covariates) with the trajectory outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 90 cases of suicide decedents were analyzed using growth mixture modeling (GMM).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results generated two different life trajectories and identified specific temperament profiles. Subjects assigned to the trajectory of high burden of adversity demonstrated a greater predisposition for harm avoidance and those in the trajectory characterized by low burden of adversity displayed greater predisposition for self-directedness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results add to the literature by suggesting that different subgroups of suicide completers show a predisposition for either harm avoidance or self-directedness.
authors.affiliation: 1 Département de psychoeducation et psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Canada.|2 McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Montréal, Canada.
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Séguin
authors.affiliation: 1 Département de psychoeducation et psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Canada.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.affiliation: 1 Département de psychoeducation et psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Canada.
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Beauchamp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002605:Character; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013405:Suicide; D013694:Temperament; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: character; growth mixture model; life trajectory; suicide; temperament