Stefan Stefa-Missagli1, Human-Friedrich Unterrainer1,2,3, Giancarlo Giupponi4, Sandra-Johanna Holasek5, Hans-Peter Kapfhammer1, Andreas Conca4, Michela Sarlo6, Denise Erbuto7, Elena Rogante7, Heidrun Moujaes-Droescher1, Katrin Davok8, Isabella Berardelli7, Karolina Krysinska7,8,9,10, Karl Andriessen8,10,9, David Lester11, Maurizio Pompili7. 1. University Clinic for Psychiatry, Medical University, Graz, Austria. 2. CIAR: Center of Integrative Addiction Research, Grüner Kreis Society, Vienna, Austria. 3. Department of Religious Studies, University of Vienna, Austria. 4. Clinic for Psychiatry, Südtiroler Sanitätsbetrieb, Bolzano, Italy. 5. Otto Loewi Research Center, Division of Immunology and Pathophysiology, Medical University, Graz, Austria. 6. Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. 7. Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity. 8. School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia. 9. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. 10. Centre for Mental Health, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia. 11. Stockton University, Galloway Township, NJ, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this multicenter study was to investigate the differences in personality traits, particularly Neuroticism, in three clinical samples and three student samples in Austria and Italy and their impact on suicide. METHODS: In total, 1,043 people (410 psychiatric inpatients and 633 university students) were tested in three regions of Europe: central Italy, northeast Italy, and eastern Austria. Psychiatric diagnoses were evaluated using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview, and the following instruments were used: Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale-B, Symptom-Checklist-90-Standard, and Big Five Inventory. RESULTS: The study found that the intensity of Suicidal Ideation was associated with the personality traits of Neuroticism, Anxiety, and Extraversion but also with Depression. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, without the presence of Depression symptoms, neuroticism was a protective factor against Suicidal Ideation, whereas neuroticism when comorbid with Depression symptoms increased suicide risk in psychiatric patients. In all three regions, the clinical samples had higher scores for Neuroticism and for Depression symptoms than the student sample and consequently higher scores for Suicide. Furthermore, we demonstrated an interaction between gender and culture on personality traits, supporting the hypothesis that the distribution of self-reported personality traits is organized geographically.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this multicenter study was to investigate the differences in personality traits, particularly Neuroticism, in three clinical samples and three student samples in Austria and Italy and their impact on suicide. METHODS: In total, 1,043 people (410 psychiatric inpatients and 633 university students) were tested in three regions of Europe: central Italy, northeast Italy, and eastern Austria. Psychiatric diagnoses were evaluated using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview, and the following instruments were used: Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale-B, Symptom-Checklist-90-Standard, and Big Five Inventory. RESULTS: The study found that the intensity of Suicidal Ideation was associated with the personality traits of Neuroticism, Anxiety, and Extraversion but also with Depression. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, without the presence of Depression symptoms, neuroticism was a protective factor against Suicidal Ideation, whereas neuroticism when comorbid with Depression symptoms increased suicide risk in psychiatricpatients. In all three regions, the clinical samples had higher scores for Neuroticism and for Depression symptoms than the student sample and consequently higher scores for Suicide. Furthermore, we demonstrated an interaction between gender and culture on personality traits, supporting the hypothesis that the distribution of self-reported personality traits is organized geographically.
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