Why does a person kill himself? To answer that question, a ease analysis was made of twenty-five suicides to find common factors in their social-psychological perspectives. Evidence points to the development in these persons of a rigid heroic self-image unsupported by significant others. When seriously threatened by a crisis, these persons are led to kill themselves rather than give up their private hero image.
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A 1970 study studied this question.