Relationship among Personality Type A/B, Locus of Control and Optimism: A Study on Suicide Attempters (20-30 yrs)

The present study aims to explore the relationship between Personality Type A/B, Locus of control and optimism among suicide attempters. For the purpose of study, a random sample of 35 suicide attempters was taken from Medicine Unit of Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur. Data were collected by using Gmelch’s “Can you type your behavior Scale” and Pareek’s Asufa inventory. Z test, Chi square, percentage and Mean Median and Standard deviation were employed. Results revealed that majority of the suicide attempter’s personalities were inclined toward Type A, and has internal locus of control and average optimism. Highly significant correlation was found between type A and locus of control but insignificant with optimism. Significant gender differences were found in males and females on personality type A.