Personal Suicidality in Reception and Identification with Suicidal Film Characters

Autor/inn/en	Till, Benedikt; Vitouch, Peter; Herberth, Arno; Sonneck, Gernot; Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas
Titel	Personal Suicidality in Reception and Identification with Suicidal Film Characters
Quelle	In: Death Studies, 37 (2013) 4, S.383-392 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-1187
DOI	10.1080/07481187.2012.673531
Schlagwörter	Suicide; Films; Adults; Questionnaires; Identification (Psychology); At Risk Persons; Mass Media Effects; Foreign Countries; College Students; Austria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstmord; Film; Fragebogen; Risikogruppe; Ausland; Collegestudent; Österreich
Abstract	The authors investigated the impact of suicidality on identity work during film exposure. Adults with low suicidality ("n" = 150) watched either "It's My Party" or "The Fire Within," censored versions of these films not depicting the suicide, or the control film that concluded with a non-suicidal death. Baseline suicidality was measured with questionnaires before the movie. Identity work and identification with the protagonist were measured after the movie. Suicidality was directly associated with identity work during film dramas depicting suicide methods. The reception of suicide-related media content seems to partially depend on personal suicidality. Potential implications for suicide prevention are discussed. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10