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Singh, Swaran P., Santosh, P. J., Avasthi, A. and Kulhara, P. (1998) A psychosocial study of ‘self-immolation’ in India. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Volume 97 (Number 1). pp. 71-75. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb09966.x ISSN 0001-690X.
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Abstract
The phenomenon of self-immolation was studied in 22 young people, mostly students, who had indulged in this act to protest against the decision of the Government of India to enlarge the scope of reservations in jobs and educational institutions. Within a short span of time of arriving at one of the two treatment centres after attempting self-immolation, the subjects were interviewed and assessed on a semi-structured interview schedule to elicit sociodemographic and attitudinal data. The subjects were also rated on the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Pierce's Suicide Intent Scale, the Superego Paranoia Depression Scale, the Hostility and Direction of Hostility Questionnaire, the PGI Locus of Control Scale and the Alienation Scale. All subjects except one were free of manifest psychopathology. The group as a whole had a high score on Pierce's Suicide Intent Scale and displayed internal locus of control orientation. Most were ambitious, aggressive, hostile and felt alienated. The absence of manifest psychopathology sets this group apart from cases of deliberate self-harm arising in the context of psychiatric morbidity. Thwarted ambitions, a sense of alienation and intropunitive hostility can lead to protest which at times becomes altruistic and results in self-immolation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Self-immolation -- Social aspects -- India, Self-immolation -- Psychological aspects, Scale analysis (Psychology) | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica | ||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0001-690X | ||||
| Official Date: | 1998 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 97 | ||||
| Number: | Number 1 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 71-75 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb09966.x | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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