Kontakt 2006, 8(1):72-80 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2006.012

Attitudes of students towards suicideHealth and Social Sciences

Karel Pavlica
Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, filozofická fakulta, katedra psychologie a sociální práce

Attitudes towards the suicide were varying in the past, provided that this phenomenon currently induces ambivalent reactions of the surrounding society, since this is a distraction of one's own life and life is a highly recognized value, but on the other hand this is an action of free choice, which should never be refused. From the standpoint of the motivation of suicidal behaviour, a discussion is being developed, what are principal causes of suicides and whether this is a matter of a free decision of an individual, pathological disorder of personality or possibly insufficient integration of an individual into social structures.
In the exploration of standpoints of students concerning the suicide it was shown that adolescents and young adults rather tend to disapprove the suicide, even though they recognize that man has a right to commit suicide. The differences between attitudes of these respondents were mainly manifested depending on their study interests, religion orientation and experience with suicidal behaviour (either in themselves or in close people), the attitudes being not considerably different between genders.

Keywords: Suicide; attitude; students

Published: May 26, 2006  Show citation

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Pavlica K. Attitudes of students towards suicide. Kontakt. 2006;8(1):72-80. doi: 10.32725/kont.2006.012.
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