PURPOSE: The purpose of the current study is to specify the reasons that hold people clinging to life; to investigate their suicide probability, and to describe the relationship of these variables with other variables such as hopelessness and loneliness, taking age, education and other socioeconomic variables into consideration. METHOD: The subjects were 683, randomly chosen adolescents and adults between the ages of 15-65, residing in Ankara and Izmir. The assessment instruments were Reasons for Living Inventory, Suicide Probability Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, and Beck Hopelessness Scale. The data were analyzed using the SPSS for Windows 10.00. RESULTS: The analyses revealed that the group aged between 15-25 years reported fewer reasons for living, higher suicide probability, more hopelessness and loneliness, compared to older ages. Moreover, women reported more reasons for living, along with less loneliness and hopelessness. The regression analyses pointed out that age, education level, hopelessness, loneliness and reasons for living are predictive variables for suicide probability. CONCLUSION: As it was previously reported the current study also revealed that age is an important variable to be taken into consideration when suicide probability is being determined. In addition, was also found to be an important variable, at least for this Country. In parallel with the results of the studies in the relevant literature, reasons for living, hopelessness, and loneliness were found to be significant predictors of suicide probability.
PURPOSE: The purpose of the current study is to specify the reasons that hold people clinging to life; to investigate their suicide probability, and to describe the relationship of these variables with other variables such as hopelessness and loneliness, taking age, education and other socioeconomic variables into consideration. METHOD: The subjects were 683, randomly chosen adolescents and adults between the ages of 15-65, residing in Ankara and Izmir. The assessment instruments were Reasons for Living Inventory, Suicide Probability Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, and Beck Hopelessness Scale. The data were analyzed using the SPSS for Windows 10.00. RESULTS: The analyses revealed that the group aged between 15-25 years reported fewer reasons for living, higher suicide probability, more hopelessness and loneliness, compared to older ages. Moreover, women reported more reasons for living, along with less loneliness and hopelessness. The regression analyses pointed out that age, education level, hopelessness, loneliness and reasons for living are predictive variables for suicide probability. CONCLUSION: As it was previously reported the current study also revealed that age is an important variable to be taken into consideration when suicide probability is being determined. In addition, was also found to be an important variable, at least for this Country. In parallel with the results of the studies in the relevant literature, reasons for living, hopelessness, and loneliness were found to be significant predictors of suicide probability.