Resource Tag: SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES

See SIEC Number 2003-0415 for the reference to Page et al’s study.

See SIEC Number 2003-0415 for the reference to the Page et al study.

This article comments on existing suicide research in the twentieth century. Research initiated by psychologists & sociologists are summarized. Developments in suicide prevention, classification systems of suicide, & fads in research (such as focusing on youth suicide) are examined. (22 refs) (SC)

The authors examine the social integration-regulation suicide thesis, & develop & test a racial inequality suicide thesis to explain how socioeconomic status inequities between black & whites influence suicide risk among black males. Their findings demonstrate that the risk of black male suicide is higher in areas where occupational & income inequalities between blacks & […]

This book reviews theory & research published on suicide in the 1980s. Chapters include: the inheritance of suicidal inclinations; physiological factors in suicide; sex differences in suicide; childhood experiences & suicide; sociological theories of suicide; the reliability & validity of suicide rates; sociological correlates of suicide; the variation of suicide over time; multivariate time series […]

A review of international statistics indicates that youth suicide rates are not increasing in all nations. Furthermore, it is suggested that the quality of life in nations is improving & that this improvement itself may increase the risk of suicide, especially in youth with narcissistic personality traits & antisocial personality disorder traits. (7 refs.)

Countries included in this study: France, Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, West Germany, Belgium, England/Wales, Denmark, & The Netherlands.

This article is an English translation. The original Spanish text is also available.

The impact of culture on suicide, both at the aggregate level & the individual level, is discussed. The deleterious impact of a changing culture, especially among native & aboriginal groups, is noted, & the assumption of the cultural invariability of suicidal phenomena questioned. The implications of cultural differences for counselling the suicidal client are explored. […]

This book examines suicide among African-Americans, beginning with a chapter which presents the life stories of a number of suicide victims. Subsequent chapters include: suicide among blacks & whites – theories & statistics; racism’s historic impact on black physical & mental health; expectation versus reality for African-Americans; the legacy of bearing up; blacks & victim-precipitated […]

See SIEC #1996-0460 for Vannatta’s previous study.

For a review of this report, please see SIEC #2004-0804

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 article explores the gender paradox (ie. in most countries, females have higher rates of suicide ideation & behaviour than males, yet mortality is higher for males), examines its validity, & critically examines some common explanations, concluding that the gender paradox is a real phenomenon & not an artifact of data collection. This paradox is […]

This article concentrates on 4 aspects of the social relations of suicide: 1) a brief history of the sociologic study of suicide; 2) social isolation; 3) contagion or imitation; & 4) social stress & negative interaction. The focus is on the presence or absence of external & constraining social factors, as reflected in indicators such […]

This thesis undertakes a critical examination of existing social science perspectives on Aboriginal suicide in Canada. Following the social constructionist analytical approach to social problems, & using examples of academic, public, & official treatment of Aboriginal suicide as the specific body to be considered, the thesis will review prevalent understandings about Aboriginal suicide: how these […]

This book explores suicide & attempted suicide in the light of the latest research findings. The changing patterns of suicidal behaviour are reviewed. Psychiatric, social & psychological factors which may contribute to feelings of hopelessness & entrapment are discussed. The moral issues surrounding euthanasia & rational suicide are considered. The way in which suicidal behaviour […]

Reports of suicides by African-American slaves are reviewed, and rates calculated from the available data. Severe punishment appeared to be the most common precipitant for suicide, and explanations for the possible variation in suicide rates by status are proposed. (56 refs.)

Using recent suicide rates & economic development indicators for 60 countries, this study investigates the effects of modernization on suicide throughout the world. In a multiple regression analysis, controlling for all other factors, the population growth factor is a much better predictor of suicide rates than the quality of life factor. This finding holds true […]

This paper explores the relationships of inequality & economic development to suicide in a sample of 31 nations using both an approach which links homicide & suicide as 2 currents in a single stream of lethal violence & an approach which treats these events separately. Controlling for inequality, development is unrelated to total violence, curvilinearly […]

Gender-specific age-standardized rates for 21 developed countries over seven 5-year periods from 1955-1989 form the two dependent variables. Durkheim’s theory of social integration is the framework used to generate the independent variables, although several recent theories are also examined. The results from a MGLS multiple regression analysis of both male & females rates provide overwhelming […]