title: Affective temperaments, as measured by TEMPS-A, among self-poisoning nonlethal suicide attempters.
abstract: Suicidal behaviors are serious public health problems. The prominent association of mood disorders with suicide, along with the renaissance of the spectrum concept of psychiatric disorders in the recent decades, prioritizes the investigation of temperament variants in suicidal individuals. This study aimed to explore the relationship between affective temperaments and nonviolent suicide attempts. We administered Temperament Evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego Auto questionnaire (TEMPS-A) to 141 (27 males and 114 females) consecutive self-poisoning non-lethal suicide attempters at a Medical Toxicology Center and a sex and age matched group of healthy individuals (28 males, 112 females). Female suicide attempters scored significantly higher in depressive, cyclothymic, irritable, and anxious temperaments compared with female controls, whereas male cases' scores were significantly higher in depressive and anxious subscales compared with control males. Except for hyperthymic temperament which did not reveal any significant effects, depressive (OR: 11.5), cyclothymic (OR: 3.8), irritable (OR: 2.3), and anxious (OR: 8.8) temperaments were predictors for nonviolent suicide attempts. Therefore, this study replicated the evidence for the strong association of depressive temperament with suicide attempts. The hyperthymic temperament appeared to have neither protective nor predisposing influence. Further studies are needed to identify the role of this independent temperament.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences Research Centre, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran.
authors.forename: Amir Rezaei
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ardani
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences Research Centre, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran.
authors.forename: Farhad Farid
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Hosseini
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences Research Centre, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Asadpour
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Faculty of medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Amir Masoud
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hashemian
authors.affiliation: Medical Toxicology Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Bita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dadpour
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences Research Centre, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran. Electronic address: nahidim921@mums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mahsa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nahidi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013694:Temperament; D055815:Young Adult