Zdravko Todorović, Boris Todorović, Slađenko Galić

University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Economics, Majke Jugovića 4, 78 000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, zdravko.todorovic@ef.unibl.org 

The University of Business Studies, Jovana Dučića 23a, 78 000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, boris.todorovic@gmail.com 

Verano Motors d.o.o., Subotička bb, 78 000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina gale@verano-bih.com

ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPER

ISSN 2637-2150
e-ISSN 2637-2614
UDK 005.591:[005.21:339.137
DOI: 10.7251/STED0220087T

Paper received: 29.09.2020.
Paper accepted: 02.11.2020.
Published: 30.11.2020.
http://stedj-univerzitetpim.com

Corresponding Author: 

Zdravko Todorović, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Economics, Majke Jugovića 4, 78 000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and
Herzegovina zdravko.todorovic@ef.unibl.org

ABSTRACT

In this work we rely on Bowlby’s
theory of attachment. We are lead by
assumption that the quality of attachment in
the childhood predicts later psychological
action of a person, and the suicide, as the
auto-destructive act, can be the
consequence of unsure attachment. The aim
of this work is to find out if patients, who
have shown a suicidal behavior, are
classified in some of unsure patterns of
attachment, and comparing them with
healthy subjects without suicidal
tendencies. The research has been carried
out in Special Hospital for Psychiatry in
Sokolac, on a sample of 80 male subjects,
categorized in two groups: a group of
suicidal patients (N1=40) and a group of
healthy, non-suicidal subjects (N=40).
Short, structural questionnaire has been
made for the research purposes; and it
helped to collect some data about subjective
experience of mother and father. Survey of
family affective attachment has been carried
out by modified Berann’s questionnaire for
assessing of family affective attachment
(1995, taken from Stojanović-Stanojević,
2005). χ² test was used for testing
differences between groups. The results
show that there is a statistically significant
difference between questioned groups. The
subjects from suicidal group were quite
often classified in unsure-occupied and
unsure-frightened pattern of attachment
(χ²(3)=23,928; p=0,000), and they would
more often grow up with overprotective,
aggressive mother or mother with mental
problems (
2
(3)=28,976; p=0,000). As the
differences in relation to experience of
father do not have statistical importance
(
2
(2)=3,436; p=0,179).

Keywords: family affective attachment, suicidal behavior, unsure affective attachment