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Love and achievement motives in womens and mens suicide notes.

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It is often assumed that women kill themselves because of love and men because of achievement problems. The authors evaluated the suicide notes of 56 U.S. adult women and men with regard to love and achievement motives. Love themes were significantly ... (Full abstract text below)

Published 2002Sep in Journal: J Psychol (Language : eng)

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1. J Psychol. 2002 Sep;136(5):573-6

Love and achievement motives in women's and men's suicide notes.

Canetto SS, Lester D

Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523-1876, USA. scanetto@lamar.colostate.edu

It is often assumed that women kill themselves because of love and men because of achievement problems. The authors evaluated the suicide notes of 56 U.S. adult women and men with regard to love and achievement motives. Love themes were significantly more common than achievement themes, independent of sex and age. This suggests that, at least for U.S. adults who leave suicide notes, relationship concerns may be a dominant component of the motivation for suicide.

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First Name	LastName	Initials
Silvia Sara	Canetto	SS
David	Lester	D

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523-1876, USA. scanetto@lamar.colostate.edu

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