Resource Tag: SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
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Bruce Clark (IN: Suicide as a Learned Behavior, by D Lester)
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.
Antigone (IN: Suicide as a Learned Behavior, by D Lester)
Analyzes the suicide of Antigone to illustrate the social learning theory of suicide. A brief summary of Antigone’s actions, in the play by Sophocles, is given & then reviewed. Her death is seen as a case of victim-precipitated homicide, imitating the mother’s method (hanging). Her death followed a series of losses, including the actions of […]
Living in the Shadow: An Example of the Social Learning Theory of Suicide
In this summarized paper, Lester discusses his social learning theory of suicidal behavior using the case of Ernest Hemingway’s younger brother, Leicester as an example. Leicester’s father, Ernest, & Leicester all shot themselves when they were depressed & suffering from diabetes. Even if we grant the possibility of a genetic predisposition to depression, Leicester appears […]
A Social Learning Theory Approach to the Prediction of Suicidal Behaviour
A partial summary of a large scale study for construction & testing of a social learning study of suicidal behavior is presented. Results indicate that there are no differences in personality & intelligence structures between suicidal & non-suicidal psychiatric inpatients. The most powerful predictors were previous suicidal acts/threats, self-destuctive behaviors such as substance abuse & […]
Suicide and Suicide Attempts in the European Economic Community: An Analysis of Trends, With Special Emphasis Upon Trends Among the Young
This study attempts to explain the increase in adolescent suicide behavior for most countries in the European Economic Community since the 1960’s, within the framework of a social learning theory. An outcome-expectancy model is proposed that would facilitate the observation of positive correlation between lethal & non-lethal acts & other variables. The epidemic of attempts […]
Attempted Suicide: An Operant Formulation
An alternative formulation of attempted suicide is offered, in which the phenomenon is considered within the context of social learning theory. The suicidal behavior is viewed as an operant which is reinforced & maintained by the consequent interpersonal contingencies. The modification of the suicidal behavior then involves alteration of the contingent consequences. This theoretical formulation […]