The complex of psychosomatic reactions typically manifested in humans at the risk of self-aggression should be specified in order to quickly identify the conditions characterizing suicidal tension development.
OBJECTIVE
To identify psychosomatic preconditions of suicidality taking into account the sex of person.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
The students of «M.V. Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University» (Arkhangelsk) participated in the research — 51 men and 50 women aged 19—23 years, who are native residents of the Archangelsk region. The cross-sectional study was carried out in March 2023 in face-to-face regimen, privately, during scheduled learning sessions. Self-aggression tendencies were determined by T.N. Razuvaeva’s method, the presence of suicidal ideas by module of suicidal ideas of Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS). The level of suicidal thoughts’ manifestation and the level of general non-specific body reactivity were used as indicators of psychophysiological risk. The Giessen Subjective Complaints List was used to reveal signs of psychosomatic disorders, and life satisfaction was assessed by G3 indicator of WHO methodology (QOL-100). Psychological status was determined by indicators of Freiburg Personality Inventory (FPI) as well as by indicators of personality accentuation.
RESULTS
The systematicity of correlations between suicidality indicators, namely suicidal ideation and the level of non-specific reactivity with intensity of psychosomatic, behavioral and psychological indicators of a person’s tendency to self-aggression has been determined. Affectivity, reflecting the impulsive component of self-aggression, as well as suicidal ideations, has a statistically significant direct correlation with pain in the heart region, pain in the stomach region and fatigue only in men. The maximum spectrum of suicidal concepts in women is associated with pain in the stomach and heart regions.
CONCLUSION
The psychosomatic causality of suicidality in its systemic manifestation is specific only for men. Pain in the heart region is a universal psychosomatic indicator of suicidality risk for both men and women.