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Direct linkDavis, Mark S.; Callanan, Valerie J.; Lester, David; Haines, Janet – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2009
Few theories on suicide have been grounded in the norm of reciprocity. There is literature on suicide, however, describing motivations such as retaliation and retreat which can be interpreted as modes of adaptation to the norm of reciprocity. We propose a reciprocity-based theory to explain suicides associated with relationship problems. Employing…
Descriptors: Prevention, Suicide, Statistical Data, Content Analysis
Rogers, James R.; Bromley, Jamie L.; McNally, Christopher J.; Lester, David – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2007
A sample of 40 suicide notes were analyzed for motivational content in relation to an existential-constructivist theory of suicide. Results generally supported the 4 theoretical categories of somatic, relational, spiritual, and psychological motivations, with 39 notes having content that could be classified according to the aforementioned…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Suicide, Letters (Correspondence), Motivation
Barnes, Donna Holland; Lawal-Solarin, Foluso Williams; Lester, David – Death Studies, 2007
There has been no published study on personal letters written before an individual's suicidal death hitherto, although studies have been done using diaries. The purpose of this study was to search for trends in the use of particular linguistic categories in a series of personal letters written before an individual's suicidal death. A linguistic…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Diaries, Suicide, Coping
