Attitudes toward Suicidal Women Based on Gender of the Participant and Race of the Target Figure.

<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of gender on attitudes toward Black and White suicidal females.</p> <p>Participants included 37 Caucasian graduate students who completed demographic questionnaires, Suicide Behavior Questionnaires (SBQ) (Ellis & Jones, 1996), and one of two scenarios with a modified version of the Suicide Attitude Vignette Experience Scale (SAVE) (Stillion, White, Edwards, & McDowell, 1989). The research design was a 2 (sex of participant) x 2 (suicide ideation of participant) x 2 (race of target figure) independent groups factorial. Independent ANOVAS were performed to interpret the significance of main and interaction effects.</p> <p>No main effects were found. Two 2-way interaction effects were revealed. Women presented with the White female target figure had the highest mean score. Suicide ideators had the highest mean on rating the target figure as a close personal friend.</p> <p>None of the hypotheses proved to be significant. Future researchers should use a more heterogeneous sample.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.issued

2001

Author dc:creator

• Smith, Carrie E.

• Empathy
• Suicidal
• Gender
• Race
• Psychology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/142

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-1192