Resource Tag: SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY

The aim of the study was to carry out a pilot implementation and evaluation of the OverCome-AAI program, a pioneering program for the prevention of suicidal behavior through animal-assisted interventions for young people with high risk factors for suicidal behavior. The study sample consisted of 30 adolescents (11 boys and 19 girls) aged between 14 […]

This chapter draws attention to an important agent of socialization to gender roles – the mass media. In particular, it is contended women & men learn about gendered suicide methods in the narratives of films. Its central hypothesis is that method of suicide is a cultural & gendered idiom, which is learned & reflected in […]

Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the effect of friends-of-friends attempted suicide on the suicidal thoughts of respondents are estimated. A focus on friends-of-friends permits a test of Granovetter’s theory on the strength of weak ties. Results for at-risk respondents are consistent with Granovetter’s theory as these respondents were more likely […]

This chapter presents police suicide not as an event, but as a socialization process of learned behaviour within the culture & environment of modern policing. The author describes the learning & reinforced learning involved in each phase of the police career. By presenting depression, stress, & inadequate coping skills as learned behaviour, positive coping mechanisms […]

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Agent-based simulations, in combination with scan statistic methods for detecting clusters of rare events, were used to clarify the social learning processes underlying point & mass clusters. It was found that social learning between neighbouring agents did generate point clusters as predicted, although this effect was partially mimicked by homophily. The one-to-many transmission dynamics characterised […]

This articles examines different theories of suicide, starting with a review of two major sociological theories, those of Durkheim & Henry & Short. The discussion then turns to individual theories of suicidal behaviours, classified into 3 major types: physiological, intrapsychic, & interpersonal. Intrapsychic theories are further divided into psychoanalytic theory, social learning, & cognitive process. […]

This report reviews studies of the portrayal of suicide in television drama & films & its potential consequences. The literature on the impact of fictional on-screen suicides on actual suicidal behaviour is equivocal but provides some support for an imitation effect. The majority of studies have demonstrated completed & attempted suicide rates show unexpected rises […]

This chapter defines terrorism as a deviant, aggressive, & collective behavior embarked on by individuals with the sole motive of inflicting injury & harm on other, targeted individuals. Aspects of the terrorist personality & socialization process are reviewed, including those conditions most likely to produce suicidal terrorists. (17 refs)

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This paper considers some of the theoretical explanations for the association between media representations of suicide & suicidal behaviours. Most of the studies which were reviewed by the authors fall within the media “effects tradition”, & a critique of this approach is provided. Alternative approaches are then explored. (63 refs.)

Leenaars discusses four points of view that have been used to study suicide: psychoanalytic (Freud); cognitive-behavioural (Beck); social learning (Lester); & multidimensional (Shneidman). Each of these are presented in the form of 10 protocol sentences. (47 refs.)

This article discusses four hypotheses derived from social learning theory about the social transmission of parasuicide. It was concluded that empirical support in this study for the existence of a modelling effect in parasuicide was somewhat weak. (37 refs.)

This article has also been published in Family Therapy, v.21, no.1, (1994), pp.63-80.

Following the presentation of background information about the structural model of psychotherapy, in which the relatively autonomous ego is influenced by the social setting & social learning, the author uses 2 case histories to differentiate seriously suicidal persons from those who are not. Clinical choices made in treating these patients are described & an explanation […]

In this chapter, learned suicidal behaviours are compared to a model of gambling behaviour. Frank (1979) studied the influence of rewards, punishments & expectancies in the learning of gambling behaviour. Lester uses these factors to show how if suicidal behaviour in some situations fits the model of a gambling behaviour, then social learning theory can […]

Using evidence from numerous studies, it is concluded that the choice of method for suicide is affected by cultural factors. These factors are not simply a result of the availability of a particular method because the way the method is used is also shaped by the culture. The evidence thus supports a social learning theory […]

The evidence for increased suicide (attempted &/or committed) amongst family & friends of suicidal persons, & the implications for a social learning theory of suicide, is discussed. There appears to be good evidence that suicidal behavior is common in friends & relatives of suicidal persons, but results of different studies are inconsistent. (RM)

This case study describes the suicide of an All-American Baseball Player. Presented are the major events in his life and then featured are the pertinent factors associated with a social learning theory of suicide.