Big Five Personality Scores and Rates of Suicidality in the United States. Issue 2 (April 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lester, David; Voracek, Martin
• Is Part Of: Psychological reports. Volume 112:Issue 2(2013)
• Page Start: 637
• Page End: 639
• Publication Date: 2013-04
• Subjects: Psychology -- Periodicals; Psychiatry; Psychology; Psychologie -- Périodiques; Psychology; 150.5
• DOI: 10.2466/12.09.PR0.112.2.637-639
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0033-2941

Abstract

Voracek (2009) reported that suicide rates in the American states were negatively associated with the mean neuroticism scores of residents in those states. In the present study, state rates of suicidal ideation and attempted suicide were not found to be associated with any state scores for the Big Five personality traits, suggesting that lethal and non-lethal suicidal behavior may have different ecological correlates.