From: The copycat phenomenon after two Finnish school shootings: an adolescent psychiatric perspective
 | n | % |
---|---|---|
How the index threat was expressed | Â | Â |
orally expressed to a teacher/school friends/therapist | 43 | 56 |
in a letter/note/essay/exam paper | 17 | 22 |
via Internet | 17 | 22 |
A - Action | Â | Â |
Positive attitudes towards aggressive behavior in general | Â | Â |
yes | 58 | 75 |
not clear from files | 12 | 16 |
no | 7 | 9 |
Positive attitudes towards previous school shootings | Â | Â |
yes | 43 | 56 |
no | 19 | 25 |
not clear from files | 15 | 19 |
Felt justification for the attack | Â | Â |
yes | 58 | 75 |
not clear from files | 15 | 19 |
no | 4 | 5 |
Motive | Â | Â |
revenge against identified persons | 34 | 44 |
anger and hatred in general | 27 | 35 |
desire to die (homicide-suicide fantasy) | 24 | 31 |
wanting attention | 4 | 5 |
joke | 3 | 4 |
unclear | 2 | 3 |
C – Capacity to fulfill the threat |  |  |
yes | 42 | 55 |
not clear from files | 18 | 23 |
no | 17 | 22 |
T – Thresholdscrossed |  |  |
no preparations made | 46 | 60 |
preparations made | 20 | 26 |
not clear from files | 11 | 14 |
I - Intention for the index threat | Â | Â |
passive thinking | 56 | 73 |
clear intention | 14 | 18 |
not clear from files | 7 | 9 |
O – Others’ reactions |  |  |
parents took the threat seriously | 38 | 49 |
parents did not take the threat seriously/disparaged the threat | 19 | 25 |
parents were ambivalent | 18 | 23 |
not clear from files | 2 | 3 |
N – Non-compliance to risk reaction |  |  |
the adolescent was against psychiatric evaluation/treatment | 44 | 57 |
the adolescent was ambivalent to psychiatric evaluation/treatment | 17 | 22 |
the adolescent was neutral or positive to psychiatric evaluation/treatment | 16 | 21 |
not clear from the files | 0 | 0 |