Personality and Suicidal Tendency among Depressive People and Normal People

<p>Many people wonder about the personalities of others that how they are</p><p>same or different from each other. Most of them also want to know how</p><p>personality works in day to day life. Personality psychology concerns what our</p><p>personalities are how they work and what they can mean to our own and</p><p>others' futures. The discipline of personality psychology helps answer some of</p><p>these questions. If such questions interest by the people then people may want</p><p>to learn more.</p><p>In the characterizing the statement of Gordon Allport Hall and Lindzey</p><p>(1957) opined personality as the essence of human being. It is the sum total of</p><p>ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others. Factors that</p><p>determine personality are both heredity or genetic and environmentally</p><p>determined. Researchers have found that genetics accounts for about fifty</p><p>percent of personality variation and more than thirty percent in occupational</p><p>and leisure interests.</p><p>Specific dimensions of personality include shyness aggression</p><p>submissiveness laziness loyalty and timidity. These are collectively known as</p><p>personality traits. Traits are believed to be important in employee selection</p><p>matching people to jobs and in guiding career development decisions.</p><p>In an organized review of the relationship between personality traits and</p><p>suicide risk Brezo et al. (2006) revealed neuroticism and extraversion to be the</p><p>most consistently replicated characteristics to be associated with suicide-related</p><p>behaviours. Specifically higher neuroticism was related to suicidal ideation</p><p>suicide attempts and completed suicide while extraversion was found to be a</p><p>resilience factor for suicidality.</p>