Personality Traits of Extraversion and Introversion in Relation to Suicidality among United States Army Special Forces Soldiers
Başlık:
Personality Traits of Extraversion and Introversion in Relation to Suicidality among United States Army Special Forces Soldiers
Yazar:
McDaniel, Jennifer, author.
ISBN:
9780438052215
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 electronic resource (62 pages)
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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 57-06M(E).
Advisors: Edward Cumella Committee members: Natasha Chung; Peter W. Lenz.
Özet:
Existing literature suggests that personality traits, including extroversion, may predict suicidality. Several studies found that extraversion protects against suicidality; in one, extraversion predicted higher suicidality. Yet research is limited, has often occurred outside the U.S., and results contain contradictions. It is thus difficult to generalize existing results to the needs of U.S. Special Forces (SOTF) soldiers. Therefore, the present study asked: Does extroversion increase the risk of suicidal cognitions in US SOTF soldiers? Extraversion was measured using the Big Five Inventory (John & Srivastava, 1999), suicidality via the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (Columbia Lighthouse Project, 2016). Regression analyses suggested that extraversion was related in both groups of soldiers to multiple measures of suicidality, including intensity of ideation, interrupted attempts, aborted attempts, preparatory acts, overall suicidal ideation score, and suicidal behavior score. Yet extraversion consistently predicted lower suicidality among regular Army soldiers, but was consistently associated with greater suicidality among SOTF soldiers. Hence, the relationship between extraversion and the measures of suicidal behavior may differ between these two distinct groups of US Army soldiers. This finding has important implications for the screening and prevention of suicide in the Army, in that screening results may need to be interpreted and addressed differently depending on whether or not an individual is in the regular Army or US Special Forces. Further research would be warranted to better understand the factors that explain this difference between regular Army and Special Forces soldiers, such a personal backgrounds, recruitment methods, training differences, and variances in military experiences.
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School code: 2003
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