Irrational thinking in suicidal individuals: a general or a specific deficit?
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Theories of the irrational thinking in suicidal individual are reviewed, and a battery of inventories was given to a nonclinical sample of students to explore whether there is a general tendency to think irrationally on all measures. Scores on tests of hopelessness, helplessness, defeat, entrapment, self-esteem, burdensomeness, perseverative thinking, rumination and thinking that one is an impostor were all strongly intercorreated and associated with depression scores and past suicidal ideation, indicating that irrational thinking in suicidal individuals is a general deficit. Teorier om irrasjonell tenkning blir først gjennomgått. Artikkelen redegjør for en undersøkelse der en gruppe studenter ble bedt om å fylle ut et sett med spørreskjemaer, for å undersøke om det er en generell tendens til å tenke irrasjonelt. Skårer for håpløshet, hjelpeløshet, opplevelse av nederlag, å føle seg fanget, selvfølelse, følelse av å være til bry, persevererende tenkning, grubling og tanker om at man er en bedrager var alle sterkt interkorrelert og hang sammen med skårer på depresjon og tidligere selvmordstanker – noe som indikerer at irrasjonell tenkning hos suicidale personer er en generell sårbarhetsfaktor.References
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