TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Three evolutionary theories of suicide and their irrelevance for individual suicides in modern society
JO  - Suicide studies
A1  - Lester, David
SP  - 2
EP  - 3
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
N2  - Three evolutionary theories of suicide that have been proposed (Bargaining, Inclusive Fitness and Costly Apology) were applied to a sample of suicide notes from completed and attempted suicides. The variables comprising these three theories were rarely present in the suicide notes, suggesting the inadequacy of these theories for understanding individual suicides in the modern world.     It is popular these days to propose theories of suicide from the perspective of evolutionary psychology. The present paper briefly outlines three current theories and applies them to a sample of suicide notes in order to explore whether they provide insight into the suicidal individuals<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2771-3415
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -