Ego-Perception and Thanatos-Centration as Sources of Suicide in Adolescence

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Abstract

The article considers structural, processual and causal aspects of suicides. Problems of child philosophizing, specifics of adolescence in the context of suicide discussed. The concept of suicidal risk clarified and its diagnostic possibilities shown. Identified that according to parents opinion significant role belongs to conflicts and personality traits among causal factors of suicidal risk. According to adolescents, suicidal intentions are associated with the subjective impossibility to create satisfactory continuation of life. It has been found that suicidal risks and types of suicidal behavior in late adolescence differ depending on age, worldview, gender and personality traits.

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Keywords: suicide, adolescent, parents, suicidal behavior, suicidal intentions, suicidal risk

Journal rubric: Applied Research

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2019080112

For citation: Shneyder L.B., Surgucheva N.V. Ego-Perception and Thanatos-Centration as Sources of Suicide in Adolescence [Elektronnyi resurs]. Klinicheskaia i spetsial'naia psikhologiia = Clinical Psychology and Special Education, 2019. Vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 189–214. DOI: 10.17759/cpse.2019080112. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Lidiya B. Shneyder, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Professor of the Department of Psychological Anthropology, Moscow State Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3517-0873, e-mail: lshnejder@yandex.ru

Natalia V. Surgucheva, Master’s Student, Department of Psychological Anthropology, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Teacher-Facilitator, State School № 1347, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: nsurgucheva@rambler.ru

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