Attraction and Repulsion by Life and Death in Suicidal and in Normal Children.

Orbach, Israel; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ292920

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983

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Attraction and Repulsion by Life and Death in Suicidal and in Normal Children.

Orbach, Israel; And Others

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v51 n5 p661-70 Oct 1983

Evaluated the attitudes toward life and death held by 52 suicidal and 58 normal children, by means of quantitative responses to questions that followed fairy-tale stories. Results indicated that the suicidal children, in contrast to normal children, showed a high degree of repulsion by life and attraction to death. (LLL)

Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Individual Differences, Life Satisfaction, Projective Measures, Psychological Evaluation, Suicide

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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