@article{ref1,
title="The presentation of the self: an hypothesis about suicide notes",
journal="Suicidology online",
year="2011",
author="Lester, David and Yang Lester, Bijou",
volume="2",
number="",
pages="75-79",
abstract="Typically, suicide notes are viewed as providing insights into the psychodynamics of the suicidal individual. The present essay proposes, in contrast, that some suicidal individuals use their suicide note to present a picture of themselves that they want others to remember. Suicide notes may sometimes present a façade self rather than a real self.  In taking any psychological test, there is always the possibility that, instead of responding truthfully, individuals wish to present a particular view of themselves. To detect this, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), for example, has subscales to detect presenting a healthy self (faking good) and presenting a pathological self (faking bad). Research has supported the ability of people to fake the image that they present to others. This fits a popular television message - Image is everything.  Keywords: suicide notes, presentation of self  Copyrights belong to the Author(s). Suicidology Online (SOL) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal publishing under the Creative Commons Licence 3.0.<p />",
language="en",
issn="2078-5488",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}