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The Meaning in Life in Suicidal Patients: The Presence and the Search for Constructs. A Systematic Review

Published inMedicina, vol. 55, no. 8, 465
Publication date2019
Abstract

Background and Objectives: Research on suicidal behavior (SB) has frequently focused more on risk factors than protective factors. Since the historic works of Viktor E. Frankl, who inquired how some Nazi concentration camps prisoners maintained their will to live though confronted with pervasive absurdity, Meaning in Life (MiL) has been interpreted as a potent resiliency factor. MiL then declined along a multitude of theoretical perspectives and was associated with various functioning domains of the individual. Surprising, few studies investigated the role of MiL on SB. We aimed to review and synthetize current literature on possible associations between MiL and SB, which included suicidal ideation (SI), suicidal attempts (SA), and completed suicide, focusing on two MiL constructs (the presence of MiL and search for MiL) from Michael F. Steger's recent conceptualization.

Keywords
  • Meaning in life
  • Suicidal behavior
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Suicide
  • Suicide attempt
  • Suicide protective factors
  • Suicide risk
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COSTANZA, Alessandra, PRELATI, Massimo, POMPILI, Maurizio. The Meaning in Life in Suicidal Patients: The Presence and the Search for Constructs. A Systematic Review. In: Medicina, 2019, vol. 55, n° 8, p. 465. doi: 10.3390/medicina55080465
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