日本对自杀的心理学研究

20世纪 50年代以来 ,日本青少年自杀率急剧上升 ,为了更好地实施危机干预 ,日本学者对自杀行为进行了广泛的研究。研究呈现出由关注宏观的社会因素转向更加关注个体的心理和个性特征的趋势 ,取得了一些很有价值的研究成果。本文综述了日本学者对自杀的内涵、分类、年龄特征、性别特征、动机、手段、自杀前的心理特征和自杀预防的研究成果。

Psychological Research on Suicide in Japan

Since 1950s,the rate of suicide of Japanese adolescent has increased rapidly.Much research was conducted in Japan to develop coping strategies.This paper reviewed the different definitions and classification of suicide in Japanese literature and summarized the research results of the relation between suicide and variables such as age,gender,personality,drive and suicide method.Coping strategies of suicide was also discussed.