The role of neuroticism in self-harm and suicidal ideation: results from two UK population-based cohorts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-harm is common, debilitating and associated with completed suicide and increased all-cause mortality, but there is uncertainty about its causal risk factors, limiting risk assessment and effective management. Neuroticism is a stable personality trait associated with self-harm and suicidal ideation, and correlated with coping styles, but its value as an independent predictor of these outcomes is disputed.

Methods

Prior history of hospital-treated self-harm was obtained by record-linkage to administrative health data in Generation Scotland:Scottish Family Health Study (N = 15,798; self-harm cases = 339) and by a self-report variable in UK Biobank (N = 35,227; self-harm cases = 772). Neuroticism in both cohorts was measured using the Eysenck Personality Question

SUBMITTER: Hafferty JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858388 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature