In this study students judged suicidal ideation, attempted suicide, and completed suicide to be inappropriate responses to crises, though completed suicide was judged to be even more inappropriate than the lesser suicidal responses. In addition, condemnation of suicide was associated with lower scores on a test of general irrational thinking.
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