Relationships between suicide intention, cognitive styles, and decision making in attempted suicide
Reddy, S., Ram, D. (2022). Relationships between suicide intention, cognitive styles, and decision making in attempted suicide. EKB Journal Management System, 43(2), -. doi: 10.4103/ejpsy.ejpsy_32_21
Suhruth Reddy; Dushad Ram. "Relationships between suicide intention, cognitive styles, and decision making in attempted suicide". EKB Journal Management System, 43, 2, 2022, -. doi: 10.4103/ejpsy.ejpsy_32_21
Reddy, S., Ram, D. (2022). 'Relationships between suicide intention, cognitive styles, and decision making in attempted suicide', EKB Journal Management System, 43(2), pp. -. doi: 10.4103/ejpsy.ejpsy_32_21
Reddy, S., Ram, D. Relationships between suicide intention, cognitive styles, and decision making in attempted suicide. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 43(2): -. doi: 10.4103/ejpsy.ejpsy_32_21

Relationships between suicide intention, cognitive styles, and decision making in attempted suicide

Egyptian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 43, Issue 2, June 2022  XML PDF (115.65 K)
DOI: 10.4103/ejpsy.ejpsy_32_21
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Authors
Suhruth Reddy; Dushad Ram
Abstract
Background
This study suggests a link of suicidal intention with cognitive styles and decision making. There is a paucity of studies examining these relationships from a multidimensional perspective.
Aims
This study aimed to examine the relationships of suicide intention, cognitive styles, and decision making in serious suicide attempts.
Participants and methods
One hundred individuals with serious suicide attempts were assessed in this hospital-based cross-sectional study using sociodemographic and clinical questionnaires, the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview-Plus (MINI-Plus), the Pierce Suicidal Intention Scale (PSI), the Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire, and the Cognitive Style Inventory.
Results
The common dimensions of cognitive styles were systematic, undifferentiated, and split. The PSI score was statistically significantly predicted by the vigilance (positive) and buck-passing scores in a linear regression analysis (negative). There were no significant relationships between the PSI score and cognitive styles. There was a statistically significant group difference in the Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire vigilance score by systematic, undifferentiated, and split cognitive style dimensions in the Mann–Whitney -test.
Conclusion
Systematic, undifferentiated, and split cognitive styles are prevalent in serious suicide attempts. Rational decision making may be proportionate to the severity of suicide intent, but is constrained by the scarcity and static nature of cognitive style in attempted suicide.
Keywords
attempted suicide; cognitive styles; decision-making; suicide intention
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