Abstract

SILVA, Juliany Gonçalves Guimarães  and  SEIDL, Eliane Maria Fleury. Myths, beliefs and attitudes about suicide: safety professionals' view. Psicol. pesq. [online]. 2021, vol.15, n.3, pp. 1-24. ISSN 1982-1247.  http://dx.doi.org/10.34019/1982-1247.2021.v15.31097.

The objective was to identify suicide perceptions of military professionals (N=464) who attend to urgencies from victims of self-extermination attempt. The Scale of Myths, Beliefs and Attitudes about Suicide (EMCAS, in Portuguese), the Psychosocial Values Questionnaire and a sociodemographic questionnaire were used. The results, found by the EMCAS, showed that the participants had some level of knowledge of this topic based on scientific evidence. Two factors on the scale of personal values ​​were predictors of myths and beliefs about suicide: hedonism / materialism predicted negatively, and social well-being was the positive predictor. The results can contribute to a better care for people who attempt against their own lives.

Keywords : Suicide; Myths and beliefs; Military professionals.

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