Individual psychological characteristics of convicts that determine the propensity for suicidal behavior
The article aims to carry out an analysis of the individual psychological characteristics that determine the propensity for suicidal behavior in convicts. Overcoming suicidal intentions is the most difficult and responsible area of work not only for prison psychologists, but also for all employees in the penal system. The study involves 17 male convicts who are registered as persons prone to suicidal behavior. The authors of the article use a set of methods for carrying out a psychological examination of the convicts: 1) the Leonhard - Schmieschek Test; 2) the express diagnostics of personality propensity for low mood (V.V. Boiko). The results of the use of the Leonhard - Schmieschek Test show that hyperthymic, emotive, demonstrative accentuated personalities dominate in the group of suicide-prone convicts. The article points out that there is a correlation between low mood and emotive character accentuation, there is an inverse correlation between hyperthymic and excitable character accentuations. The revealed personality traits of convicts that are prone to suicidal behavior can be used in the process of solving various psychocorrection tasks, in the practice of psychological assistance and psychoprophylactic work aimed at preventing suicidal behavior, as well as in the process of solving the problems of psychological assistance to convicts.