TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - To support and defend: a eusociality-based account of suicide in U.S. military service members and first responders
JO  - Clinical psychology: science and practice
A1  - Ringer, Fallon B.
A1  - Rogers, Megan L.
A1  - Podlogar, Matthew C.
A1  - Chu, Carol
A1  - Gai, Anna R.
A1  - Joiner, Thomas
SP  - 380
EP  - 390
VL  - 28
IS  - 4
N2  - Humans are eusocial, a term used to describe "colony life" systems in highly social species. Eusocial features include specialized defense and cooperative care of the young, self-sacrificial characteristics that aid in the survival of the extended community. A eusociality-based perspective on suicide views suicide as a dysfunction of the self-sacrificial aspect of eusociality. We consider a eusociality-based conceptualization of suicide in military personnel and first responders, groups that may be characterized as eusocial defenders. Military personnel, veterans, and first responders display unique factors that may be associated with increased suicide risk and exhibit consistent behavioral, environmental, and temperamental traits. We conceptualize these traits considering a eusociality-based view and draw out implications for suicide prevention among military and first responder populations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0969-5893
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cps0000033
ID  - ref1
ER  -