RT Journal Article
T1 Understanding the Influence of Personality Traits on Risk of Suicidal Behaviour in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review
A1 Canal Rivero, Manuel
A1 Ayesa Arriola, Rosa
A1 Setién Suero, Esther
A1 Crespo Facorro, Benedicto
A1 Arango López, Celso
A1 Dutta, Rina
A1 Lopez Morinigo, Javier-David
AB Risk of suicidal behaviour (SB) in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) is a major concern, particularly in early stages of the illness, when suicide accounts for a high number of premature deaths. Although some risk factors for SB in SSD are well understood, the extent to which personality traits may affect this risk remains unclear, which may have implications for prevention. We conducted a systematic review of previous studies indexed in MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Embase examining the relationship between personality traits and SB in samples of patients with SSD. Seven studies fulfilled predetermined selection criteria. Harm avoidance, passive-dependent, schizoid and schizotypal personality traits increased the risk of SB, while self-directedness, cooperativeness, excluding persistence and self-transcendence acted as protective factors. Although only seven studies were retrieved from three major databases after applying predetermined selection criteria, we found some evidence to support that personality issues may contribute to SB in patients with SSD. Personality traits may therefore become part of routine suicide risk assessment and interventions targeting these personality-related factors may contribute to prevention of SB in SSD.
PB MPDI
SN 2077-0383
YR 2021
FD 2021-10-08
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/4798
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/4798
LA eng
NO Unión Europea. Horizonte 2020
NO Unión Europea. FP7
NO Comunidad de Madrid/ FEDER
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)
NO Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
NO Junta de Andalucía
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025