Abstract
The research aim was investigating the relationship between personality styles of autonomy and sociotropy, and suicidal behavior at Zahedan University of medical sciences’ medical students. This was a descriptive correlational study. The population consisted of all medical students at Zahedan University of Medical Sciences internship period 2002-2003. The number of samples was 102 patients, including 47 males and 55 females. To collect information, the personal style inventory (PSI) with 48 items. Twenty four items to assess sociotropy, 24 items to assess autonomy, and to measure suicide the suicidal subscale (MMPI) with 21 items were used. The two scales had the content validity and for the reliability used Cronbach α. So the reliability of the personality styles is 0.84 and the reliability of the suicidal subscales is 0.83. Data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation methods. The results showed that there is an inverse and significant relation between autonomic style and trends of suicide in men (P = 0.02, r = -0.43), but no association between sociotropy and suicidal tendencies were observed in men. There was no significant relationship between autonomy and sociotropy personality styles and tendency towards suicide in women.
Highlights
Suicide is one the eight leading cause of death in most countries and victimize one million people in the world annually
The research aim was investigating the relationship between personality styles of autonomy and sociotropy, and suicidal behavior at Zahedan University of medical sciences’ medical students
The Sociotropy score of women was higher than men because sociotropy is more related to theatrical personality, most women are involved with this disorder and make it justified
Summary
Suicide is one the eight leading cause of death in most countries and victimize one million people in the world annually. It is estimated that more than 30 percent of people who lose their lives due to suicide, had personality disorders (Oldham, 2006). It seems that personality disorders besides suicide have other effects which in turn affect the suicide such as the loss of social support, negative repeated life events, and poor health care. It seems that bipolar disorders are related more to the impulsivity and aggressive behavior (Nabuco et al, 2009). Depression is a disorder which is characterized www.ccsenet.org/gjhs
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