Here is the link to the New York Times article http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/opinion/what-drives-suicidal-mass-killers.html
I found the model interesting as well although I also do not know how consistent it is with other research on suicide (for example). Anyone out there who is familiar with this research? I thought the last line was a bit of a let-down - obviously there are huge cross-cultural differences in suicidal mass killers exactly because (as he notes) culture influences affect all these 3 things (as well as access to methods by which to kills many people at once). The more interesting question is why these young men would have done had they been born in Denmark (or another country with low rates of violence and few weapons). Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor l Department of Psychology Kaufman 168 l Dickinson College Phone 717.245.1562 l Fax 717.245.1971 Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10:30-11:30 http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html -----Original Message----- From: Jim Clark [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 11:10 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Psychological Explanation for Suicidal Mass Killers Hi The NY Times has a piece by Lankford, a Criminal Justice scholar who offers a psychological explanation for suicidal mass killers. The article is the first listed on Lankford's site below: http://adamlankford.com/pressroom.htm The gist is a three-part model 1. mental health problems that contribute to desire to die 2. sense of victimization 3. desire for fame and attention He appears to have a number of works advancing this view. I'm not familiar enough with the literature to know how valid the model is. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology [email protected] Room 4L41A 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax Dept of Psychology, U of Winnipeg 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0R4 CANADA --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=22422 or send a blank email to leave-22422-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=22423 or send a blank email to leave-22423-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
