ArticleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2025
Personality Profiles of Older Suicide Attempters: Cross-Sectional And Prospective Differences From Depressed Nonattempter And Nonpsychiatric Comparisons.
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- Genetic architecture of suicidal ideation continuum: latent profile analysis of data using the million veteran program cohort.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Responses to social defeat in early- vs late-onset suicidal behavior: An experimental behavioral study.Comprehensive psychiatry · 2026Article
- Age matters: a narrative review and machine learning analysis on shared and separate multidimensional risk domains for early and late onset suicidal behavior.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Review
- Borderline Traits and the Simplification-Multidimensionality Tradeoff in Personality Profiling of Older Suicide Attempters: A Response to Satapathy and Zhao.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectivesAssociations between personality and suicide risk in later life have been widely inconsistent, as most traits likely only define subpopulations of older attempters. This study aimed to identify prominent attempter profiles and characterize them clinically.
designExploratory study using latent profile analysis (LPA).
settingLongitudinal Research Program for Late-Life Suicide, Pittsburgh, USA.
participantsThe sample comprised 285 participants (mean age = 63.2 years, SD = 7.3), of which 109 were suicide attempters, 111 depressed nonattempters, and 65 nonpsychiatric comparisons. The personality profiles identified in attempters by LPA were compared to nonattempter groups cross-sectionally (N = 285) and at two-year follow-up (N = 171). MEASUREMENTS: The LPA employed seven personality traits: Big Five dimensions, grandiose narcissism, and need for closure (intolerance to ambiguity).
resultsThe analysis identified three profiles. "Careless labile" attempters (n = 71) scored highest on neuroticism and lower on conscientiousness than other attempters, and had more borderline traits and childhood trauma than comparisons. "Callous narcissistic" attempters (n = 25) scored highest on grandiose narcissism, and lowest on agreeableness; they had the highest planning score at their most serious attempt. "Rigid extraverted" attempters (n = 13) were characterized by higher need for closure and more extraversion than other depressed groups, and were older at their first attempt than other attempters. At two-year follow-up, rigid extraverted attempters showed more improvement of depression severity but steeper cognitive decline than most other depressed groups.
conclusionsAttempter profiles differed from each other and nonattempters on several key suicidal, clinical, and prospective health-related characteristics. If replicated, these profiles could help with earlier detection of vulnerability and person-centered suicide prevention.
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