%0 Journal Article %T Relationship of suicide with personality characteristics and life events %J International Journal of Behavioral Sciences %I Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences %Z 2322-1194 %A Akbari Zardkhaneh S., %D 2009 %\ 08/01/2009 %V 3 %N 2 %P 151-157 %! Relationship of suicide with personality characteristics and life events %K personality characteristics %K Negative Life Events %K Suicide Attempting %R %X   Introduction: Current study conducted to identify personality characteristics and negative events as prediction factors of suicide attempting.   Method: This descriptive-correlating study performed on totally 148 people included 74 male and female suicide attempters and 74 male and female non-attempters that matched with attempters. Used Instruments for collecting data were Millon Multi-axial personality inventory-II (MCMI-II) and researcher-made negative life events checklist.   Results: Maladjustment personality patterns such as borderline, antisocial, narcistic, passive-aggressive, anxiety and depressive disorders were more prevalent among suicide attempters than non-attempters. Also, suicide attempters experienced negative events more than non-attempters.   Conclusion: Among psychological disorders, anxious, narcistic and antisocial and among negative life events, sever conflict with family and blame experience have the highest power to predict suicide attempt. %U https://www.behavsci.ir/article_67631_7ec5e5aa0eeb0e88ab92cfce20b5a175.pdf