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The malleability of beliefs in the genetics of suicide: an intervention study with the beliefs in the inheritance of risk factors for suicide scale (BIRFSS).

Psychiatria Danubina - 1 Mar 2008

Voracek Martin, Loibl Lisa Mariella, Sonneck Gernot

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BACKGROUND: Previous research has documented that disbelief in the genetics of suicide prevails. OBJECTIVES: This study examined for the first time the malleability of such beliefs and their internal structure, using the Beliefs in the Inheritance of Risk Factors for Suicide Scale (BIRFSS). METHODS: A sample of 38 Austrian first-year psychology students (27 women, 11 men), previously not exposed to the topic,...

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