doi: 10.1080/00223980209605552.
Love and achievement motives in women's and men's suicide notes
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Love and achievement motives in women's and men's suicide notes
J Psychol.
2002 Sep.
Abstract
It is often assumed that women kill themselves because of love and men because of achievement problems. The authors evaluated the suicide notes of 56 U.S. adult women and men with regard to love and achievement motives. Love themes were significantly more common than achievement themes, independent of sex and age. This suggests that, at least for U.S. adults who leave suicide notes, relationship concerns may be a dominant component of the motivation for suicide.
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