Biomedical subjects

Annamária Pusztai

Publications and source records attributed to Annamária Pusztai.

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PubMed2005

[Analysis of suicide notes form persons committing completed suicides].

AIM: The present project is a descriptive research. Our aim was to analyse as thoroughly as possible the emotional content of suicide notes left by persons who committed suicide. METHOD: Full texts of 250 suicide notes from 182 persons were content analysed. In total, we recorded 1375 'content units' in the letters, which could be classified into 62 categories. RESULTS: The emotions expressed towards acquaintances were rather positive than negative. On the basis of the results, we can claim that suicidal persons accuse themselves rather than their acquaintances of the suicidal act. The unbearable psychological pain, hopelessness, frustrated states, negative self-image, exhaustion and ambivalent emotional states all appeared in the letters. CONCLUSION: In our research sample, there is a type of suicidal person, who suffers from negative self-image, exhaustion, and shows positive emotions towards acquaintances. There is another type of person who has narcissistic resentment, sends negative messages towards acquaintances, and accuses them for his own suicide.

Adolescent↗

PubMed2005

[Review of the results and developments of the research on suicide notes].

Suicide notes and diaries of suicidal people give an insight into their thoughts and feelings right before their death, therefore, they are valuable tools of psychological research. This paper leads through the most important stages of the research on suicide notes, which was established by Shneidman and Farberow in the 1950's. The suicide theory that was developed by them and was further elaborated by Ringel and Beck gave inspiration to many remarkable researchers, such as Antoon Leenaars and David Lester. Our paper summarises the most important tendencies, starting from the analyses of simulated and empirical suicide notes, which proved to be a deadlock, and typologies, descriptive analyses (age, gender comparisons), , arriving to the latest trends of transcultural application of structured framework, and discursive approaches. The discursive approach, which was developed in Hungary focuses on the influence that culture and language have on suicidal attempts.

Cognition↗