- Akbari Zardkhaneh S.

Introduction: Current study conducted to identify personality characteristics and negative events as prediction factors of suicide attempting.   Method: This descriptive-correlating study performed on totally ۱۴۸ people included ۷۴ male and female suicide attempters and ۷۴ male and female non-attempters that matched with attempters. Used Instruments for collecting data were Millon Multi-axial personality inventory-II (MCMI-II) and researcher-made negative life events checklist.   Results: Maladjustment personality patterns such as borderline, antisocial, narcistic, passive-aggressive, anxiety and depressive disorders were more prevalent among suicide attempters than non-attempters. Also, suicide attempters experienced negative events more than non-attempters.   Conclusion: Among psychological disorders, anxious, narcistic and antisocial and among negative life events, sever conflict with family and blame experience have the highest power to predict suicide attempt.

personality characteristics, Negative Life Events, Suicide Attempting