TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Affective temperaments, as measured by TEMPS-A, among self-poisoning nonlethal suicide attempters
JO  - Psychiatry research
A1  - Ardani, Amir Rezaei
A1  - Hosseini, Farhad Farid
A1  - Asadpour, Zahra
A1  - Hashemian, Amir Masoud
A1  - Dadpour, Bita
A1  - Nahidi, Mahsa
SP  - 125
EP  - 129
VL  - 247
IS  - 
N2  - Suicidal behaviors are serious public health problems. The prominent association of mood disorders with suicide, along with the renaissance of the spectrum concept of psychiatric disorders in the recent decades, prioritizes the investigation of temperament variants in suicidal individuals. This study aimed to explore the relationship between affective temperaments and nonviolent suicide attempts. We administered Temperament Evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego Auto questionnaire (TEMPS-A) to 141 (27 males and 114 females) consecutive self-poisoning non-lethal suicide attempters at a Medical Toxicology Center and a sex and age matched group of healthy individuals (28 males, 112 females). Female suicide attempters scored significantly higher in depressive, cyclothymic, irritable, and anxious temperaments compared with female controls, whereas male cases' scores were significantly higher in depressive and anxious subscales compared with control males. Except for hyperthymic temperament which did not reveal any significant effects, depressive (OR: 11.5), cyclothymic (OR: 3.8), irritable (OR: 2.3), and anxious (OR: 8.8) temperaments were predictors for nonviolent suicide attempts. Therefore, this study replicated the evidence for the strong association of depressive temperament with suicide attempts. The hyperthymic temperament appeared to have neither protective nor predisposing influence. Further studies are needed to identify the role of this independent temperament.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-1781
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.10.086
ID  - ref1
ER  -