Resource Tag: DIVORCE

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In this article, a Cochrane-Orcutt iterative regression analysis replicates the American-based pattern of marital dissolution’s effect on suicide for Denmark. The divorce index is more closely associated than the unemployment rate with changes in the suicide rate. A 1% increase in divorce is associated with a 0.32% increase in suicide. Divorce trends also predict the […]

This letter briefly discusses the relationship between divorce & suicide rates. The purpose of this communication is to assess the magnitude of the differentials in suicide risk between divorced men & women, & explore possible reasons that might explain these disparities. (5 refs)

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The effects of religion & divorce on suicide rates are examined for metropolitan areas in 1980. The authors find that the role of Catholic church membership has both direct & indirect effects on suicide rates; the indirect effects are mediated through the divorce rate. In contrast, argue the authors, Protestant church membership is not related […]

This article examines the proposition of a nonzero natural rate of suicide (Lang & Lester, 1991) in the United States. The proposition is examined with time-series analysis & cross-sectional data of state suicide rates & socioeconomic factors over the 1985-1995 time period. Statistical allowances were made as a control mechanism for the majority of observed […]

Drawing on Durkheim’s theory of social integration, this discussion reports on findings from a pooled time-series analysis of states’ spending for public welfare & their suicide rates. The major hypothesis was that states’ suicide rates would increase with decreases in per capita spending for public welfare. It was found that suicide rates increased in states […]

This article examines the utility of the stream anaology of lethal violence. Based on frustration/aggression thesis & attribution thesis, models of total lethal violence & the suicide-homicide ratio are proposed. The results of regression analysis indicate that income inequality & economic development remain to be the predictors for the direction of lethal violence expressed as […]

The objective of this article was to analyze time series data on per capita alcohol consumption & suicide mortality between 1934 & 1987, in order to test the hypothesis that increases in per capita consumption are associated with increases in suicide mortality overall & in gender & age subgroups. This study also examines whether the […]

Because some individuals’ identities are influenced by an affiliation with professional sports teams, the impact of the 1994-1995 professional baseball & hockey strikes on suicide & homicide rates is examined. Gabennesh’s (1988) theory of broken promises is used to examine the relationship between strikes & homicide/suicide rates. Controlling for divorce, unemployment rates, & seasonality, results […]

In a time series study of suicide rates in Japan from 1978-1997, it was found that the social indicators which predict the suicide rates differ for suicides committed for interpersonal, work-related, & health concerns. While measures of domestic social integration predicted the suicide rate for interpersonal reasons, unemployment, & divorce rates predicted the suicide rate […]

The dynamics & limitations of individual cross sectional, individual longtitudinal, aggregate cross sectional, & aggregate longtitudinal approaches of analysis are illustrated through a review of 134 studies & 795 findings on divorce & suicide. Findings show that while structural cross sectional studies finds support for the divorce-suicide link 80% of the time, longitudinal aggregate research […]

The case discussed in this chapter is that of Philip, an 8-year-old African American boy whose parents had been separated for 4 years & divorced for 2 years. Philip was referred to the psychiatric emergency room by his school for an evaluation by the child & adolescent crisis intervention team. The school reported Philip had […]

The U.S. National Longitudinal Mortality Study, 1979-1989 was used to estimate the effects of marital status on death from suicide. For the entire sample, higher risks of suicide were found in divorced than in married persons. Divorced and separated persons were over twice as likely to complete suicide as married persons. Being single or widowed […]

This study explored whether social factors (divorce, marriage, & birth rates) do in fact predict suicide rates over time, for each province, from 1950-1990. The results showed a positive association between divorce rates & suicide rates, & a negative association between birth rates & suicide rates. Marriage rates showed no consistent association, an anomaly as […]

Italy’s regional distribution of suicide rates for 1992 show a clear positive relationship with indicators of wealth & of social disintegration in both genders. There is also a significantly positive relationship between suicide rates & separation & divorce rates, & a significantly negative relationship between suicide rate & marriage rates. Wealthy regions have higher suicide […]

This study reassesses the linkage between marital status & suicide with individual-level data based on a national random sample of 10,906 deaths. Logistic regression indicates that low marital integration significantly increases the odds of dying from suicide, independent of alcohol consumption. Low marital integration also affects suicide indirectly through its association with alcohol consumption. Alcohol […]

This book offers practical advice to parents who are helping their children through difficult times. Chapters include: 1) a path through grief; 2) death: helping kids mourn (includes information on suicide); 3) a journey of the heart: acute illness, chronic illness, & disability; 4) divorce; 5) families born of loss & hope; 6) mistakes, mischief, […]

This review focuses on the effects of a child’s death on couple functioning in general, & on specific facets of the marital relationship. Research on variables that may affect the relationship between parental bereavement & marital outcome is explored. Various existing hypotheses for the potentially deleterious impact of a child’s death on couples are also […]