In order to prevent suicide attempts, a suicidal risk questionnaire was developed by Shmelev A. G. Subsequently, psychologist T. N. Razuvaeva made some adjustments to it. This questionnaire is used by a large number of professionals and helps prevent suicide attempts. It is intended for high school students, but in practice it is also applied to older people.
Testing
The subject is invited to study a form - a questionnaire for the suicidal risk of modification of T. N. Razuvaeva. It is a list of 29 statements. If the researcher agrees with any of them, he puts a “+” sign. Accordingly, if he believes that a particular statement in the suicide risk questionnaire is not about him, he indicates the “-” sign. To simplify the interpretation of the results, the subject is givena blank form, called a registration form.
Questionnaire for suicidal risk modification Razuvaeva T. N.:
- You are sure you feel everything much more acutely than most people.
- You often find yourself having suicidal thoughts in your head.
- Earlier you wanted to achieve a status position in life. Now you are sure that you will not succeed.
- In the event of any failure, it is very difficult for you to force yourself to start a new business.
- You think you're completely unlucky in life.
- Study has become much more difficult for you than before.
- You are sure that other people are much more satisfied with their lives than you are.
- Death is not a sin, it is an atonement for previously committed bad deeds.
- Only a mature, self-reliant and independent person can decide to end his life.
- Sometimes you have bouts of uncontrollable crying or uncontrollable laughter.
- You are wary of people who are friendlier than you expected.
- You are sure you are doomed.
- If helping another person involves a number of inconveniences, then it is unlikely to be sincere.
- You get the impression that no one around you understands you.
- A person, leaving any valuable thing unattended and misleading other persons, is as guilty as a person who steals this property under the influence of a strongtemptation.
- In the past, there were no episodes of such failures, after which you thought that everything was over.
- In general, you are satisfied with your fate.
- You are sure that it is necessary to dot all things in a timely manner.
- There are people in your life who have the power to radically influence your decisions.
- If you get hurt, you think you have to prove to everyone that it's unfair.
- Often, you are overwhelmed with emotions to the point that it becomes difficult for you to speak.
- You feel like most life circumstances are unfair to you.
- Sometimes you think you are doing bad or terrible things.
- You think your future is hopeless.
- You are sure that most people are able to achieve their goals in dishonest ways.
- The future seems blurry to you, and therefore you think it is foolish to make serious plans.
- You are sure that few people have experienced what you have recently experienced.
- All your experiences are acute. You can't help thinking about what happened recently.
- As a rule, you obey the first impulse, that is, act without thinking.
After the subject has evaluated all the statements from Razuvaeva's suicidal risk questionnaire, he can be released. Interpreting the results and assessing the appropriateness of prescribing psychocorrection is the task of a specialist.
Identification of risk factors
There are several criteria by which the result is judged. Each of them is represented by a separate scale (table below). For each criterion, the specialist counts the number of statements for which the subject gave a positive answer. The resulting value is multiplied by a certain coefficient.
Analysis of the results revealed after completing the suicide risk questionnaire allows the specialist to conclude whether the subject has prerequisites that indicate that he may commit suicide. In addition, the psychologist can assess the severity of risk factors. The closer the value obtained to the maximum possible value, the higher the likelihood of suicide.
| Criterion | Ordinal number of statements | Maximum allowable risk factor |
| Demonstrativeness | 12; fourteen; 20; 22; 27 | 6 |
| Efficiency | 1; ten; 20; 23; 28; 29 | 6, 6 |
| Uniqueness | 1; 12; fourteen; 22; 27 | 6 |
| Failure | 2; 3; 6; 7; 21 | 7, 5 |
| Social pessimism | 5; eleven; thirteen; fifteen; 22; 25 | 6 |
| Breakdown of cultural barriers | 8; nine; 18 | 7 |
| Maximalism | 4; 16 | 6, 4 |
| Time Perspective | 2; 3; 12; 24; 26; 27 | 6, 6 |
| Anti-suicidal factor | 17; 19 | 6, 4 |
As mentioned above, the resulting value must be multiplied by a certain coefficient. The list of indices is presented in the table below.
| Criterion | Ratio |
| Demonstrativeness | 1, 2 |
| Efficiency | 1, 1 |
| Uniqueness | 1, 2 |
| Failure | 1, 5 |
| Social pessimism | 1 |
| Breakdown of cultural barriers | 2, 3 |
| Maximalism | 3, 2 |
| Time Perspective | 1, 1 |
| Anti-suicidal factor | 3, 2 |
Interpretation of results: demonstrative and affective
If the identified risk factor, according to the suicide risk questionnaire, has a maximum value, the subject clearly needs psychocorrection. The lower the score, the lower the likelihood that the person wants to commit suicide.
The term "demonstration" refers to the desire to attract the attention of other people to one's misfortunes. The goal is to ensure that a person is understood and constantly sympathized with him. The subject may act as if he really wants to commit suicide. However, this is nothing more than a cry for help. The most dangerous combination of demonstrativeness and emotional rigidity. In this case, the subject is indeed suicidal.
Affectiveness is a state when emotions drown out the "voice of reason". Sometimes there is a complete blockade of the intellect. In other words, the person reacts to the situation only emotionally.
Uniqueness and failure
Based on the results of the suicide risk questionnaire, it can be concluded whether the subject believes that his life is fundamentally different from others. If a person is sure that he is unique, then he finds non-standard ways out of traumatic situations. Particularly suicide. Such people are characterized by the inability to evaluate both their own and other people's experience.
Failure - denial of the importance of one's own personality. A person is sure that no one needs him in this world. He believes that he does not know how, that he is not sufficiently developed physically and intellectually. In other words, he is sure that he is bad at everything.
Social pessimism and the breaking down of cultural barriers
The subject believes that the world around him is hostile to him. At the same time, deep down, he is sure that everyone is unworthy of him.
The breaking down of cultural barriers is an extremely dangerous state. Man raises suicide to a cult. He believes that only he has the right to decide his own destiny.
Maximalism and Time Perspective
Man is infantile. In addition, he fixes his attention only on failures. The subject does not make plans for the future, because he is sure that they are practically impossible.
Anti-suicidal factor
Ifthe indicator in this case is close or equal to the maximum, the person is fully aware of the degree of responsibility for loved ones. The subject understands that suicide is a sin. It also comes with physical pain.
In conclusion
T. N. Razuvaeva helps to find out whether the subject has a tendency to commit suicide. If there are prerequisites, psycho-correction is shown.
