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A Stress-diathesis Model of School Shootings: A Systematic Review

Allen, Mackenzie Ann
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1556815184067334

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2019, BS, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
This study attempts to describe the action of a school shooter with the models used to describe suicidal behavior. The suicide model used to compare, integrated a stress-diathesis model and an interpersonal theory of suicidal behavior. The stress-diathesis model describes an interaction between risk factors that predisposes an individual for suicide (diatheses) and a precipitating event that triggers suicide (stress). While the interpersonal theory for suicidal behavior uses three components to describe suicide: thwarted belongingness (feeling alienated), perceived burdensomeness (feeling life is a burden to others), and capability for suicide (repeated exposure to adverse events desensitizes to death). I created a model that identifies the following factors as diatheses: media sensationalization, school size, gender roles, mental illness, development, premeditation, and capability for homicide. I identified the following factors as stressors: bullying, thwarted belongingness, and perceived burdensomeness. To test this model, I completed a systematic review of the literature on school shooters. I identified 38 articles to include in the systematic review and organized them into three different categories: societal factors, individual factors and social factors. I then summarized these articles and found whether they contributed to the model. I found that the following diatheses are consistent with the literature: mental illness, premeditation, and capability for homicide. I found that the following stressors are consistent with the literature: bullying and thwarted belongingness.
Joel Hughes, PhD (Advisor)
Anthony Vander horst, PhD (Committee Member)
Shannon Ciesla, PhD (Committee Member)
Kimberly Winebrenner, PhD (Committee Member)
65 p.
Psychology; Sociology
School Shooting, Suicide, Stress-diathesis model, interpersonal theory

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  • Allen, M. A. (2019). A Stress-diathesis Model of School Shootings: A Systematic Review [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1556815184067334

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Allen, Mackenzie. A Stress-diathesis Model of School Shootings: A Systematic Review. 2019. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1556815184067334.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Allen, Mackenzie. "A Stress-diathesis Model of School Shootings: A Systematic Review." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1556815184067334

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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