Effects of context on perceptions of the language of suicide

IF 1.4 Q3 PSYCHIATRY Advances in Mental Health Pub Date : 2023-01-23 DOI:10.1080/18387357.2023.2169179
A. Howell, E. Mack, Rosalia R. Scavuzzo, Christina A. Tomaras
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ABSTRACT Objective. There is concern regarding use of the phrase ‘committed suicide’, given its connotations of immorality. Limited research has examined influences on people’s use of this phrase. The current studies examined whether portraying a suicide as highly immoral affects perceptions of the phrase ‘committed suicide’. Method. Undergraduate participants in western Canada read a suicide vignette in which the suicide was depicted either neutrally or as sinful (Study 1, N = 188) or as either altruistic or vengeful (Study 2, N = 204). They then judged, from the perspective of the deceased person’s family, the preference for statements employing ‘committed suicide’ or ‘died by suicide’ (Study 1) or the acceptability of statements employing ‘committed suicide’, ‘ended her[his] life’, ‘took her[his] own life’, or ‘died by suicide’ (Study 2). Results. In Study 1, ‘committed suicide’ statements received higher preference judgments for the scenario depicted as sinful. In Study 2, phrases alternative to ‘committed suicide’ received higher acceptability ratings for the altruistic scenario. Discussion. We consider limitations of our work, directions for future research on the language of suicide, and implications of our findings.
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语境对自杀语言感知的影响
摘要目的。考虑到“自杀”这个词的不道德含义,人们对它的使用感到担忧。有限的研究调查了人们使用这个短语的影响。目前的研究调查了将自杀描绘成非常不道德的行为是否会影响人们对“自杀”一词的看法。方法。加拿大西部的本科生参与者阅读了一篇自杀小短文,其中自杀被描述为中性或罪恶(研究1,N = 188)或利他或报复(研究2,N = 204)。然后,他们从死者家属的角度,判断他们对“自杀”或“死于自杀”(研究1)的偏好,以及对“自杀”、“结束了她(他)的生命”、“结束了她(他)的生命”或“死于自杀”(研究2)等陈述的可接受性。在研究1中,“自杀”的陈述在被描述为有罪的情况下得到了更高的偏好判断。在研究2中,“自杀”之外的短语在利他情境中获得了更高的可接受度。讨论。我们考虑了我们工作的局限性,未来自杀语言研究的方向,以及我们研究结果的意义。
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