Genuine versus Simulated Suicide Notes: An Issue Revisited Through Discourse Analysis.

Edelman, Ann M.; Renshaw, Steven L.

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ERIC Number: EJ292866

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1982

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Genuine versus Simulated Suicide Notes: An Issue Revisited Through Discourse Analysis.

Edelman, Ann M.; Renshaw, Steven L.

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v12 n2 p103-13 Sum 1982

Presents a method of discourse analysis applied to the discrimination of genuine from simulated suicide notes used in previous studies. Reported significant differences among language measures as well as the results of a multiple discriminant analysis using the discourse analysis. A language profile of the suicidal individual is given. (JAC)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Computer Oriented Programs, Discourse Analysis, Letters (Correspondence), Psychological Patterns, Suicide

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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