An Epidemiologic Study of Risk Factors in Two Teenage Suicide Clusters

Davidson, Lucy; Rosenberg, Mark L.; Mercy, James A.; Franklin, Jack; Simmons, Jane T.

doi:10.1001/jama.1989.03430190071034

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“…Possibly, these adolescents were more susceptible due to their backgrounds and identified more readily with the other's suicidal behavior. Regardless, this study supports the suggestion by Davidson et al (1989) that it is important not to minimize the potential for imitative influences on suicide. Any act that may foster the perception that suicide is a powerful act claiming special attention from one's peers should be prudently curtailed.…”

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confidence: 88%

Stress and Knowledge of Suicidal Others as Factors in Suicidal Behavior of High School Adolescents

Conrad

1992

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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The purpose of this study was to explore adolescent beliefs concerning the causes of adolescent suicide and to examine the influence that suicidal others have on adolescents' behavior. The researcher asked the following questions: Do students reporting suicidal behavior and those reporting no suicidal behavior give different causes for suicide? Do males and females give different causes for suicide? Does knowing someone who attempted or committed suicide affect an adolescent's suicidal behavior? The population sample was 473 eleventh- and twelfth-grade students from a suburban public school district near a large metropolitan area in the northeastern United States who completed self-report measures including an open-ended question measuring suicidal causality and a background questionnaire. Data were analyzed using cross-tabulations to compare suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents. Specific tests included the Fisher's Exact Test (two-tailed) and chi-square. The findings showed that, of the high school students studied, 23% reported self-hurt behavior and 6.7% reported suicide attempts. A theme of "too much pressure" was reported by 40% of the adolescents as a cause of suicide. Males and females reported statistically significant divergent views regarding the causes of adolescent suicide. Other findings showed highly significant differences between the suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents when they knew someone who attempted or committed suicide. This information suggests that approximately one in three adolescents who report self-hurt behavior may attempt suicide and that counseling needs to address the findings that males and females perceive the causes of suicide differently and therefore may respond to treatment programs differently. The importance of peer identification with others who attempt or commit suicidal acts cannot be underestimated.

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Stress and Knowledge of Suicidal Others as Factors in Suicidal Behavior of High School Adolescents

Conrad

1992

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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“…With regard to peers, evidence supports the phenomenon of cluster and imitative suicides among adolescents and teenagers, which occur following the suicide of another individual (Brent et al, 1989;Davidson, Rosenberg, Mercy, Franklin, & Simmons, 1989;Gould, Wallenstein, & Kleinman, 1990). However, research indicates that cluster or imitative suicides may vary depending on the relationship of a suicidal adolescent to the individual who attempted or completed the precipitating suicide.…”

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Suicide Among Preadolescents: A Call to Action

Westefeld

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Bermingham

et al. 2010

Journal of Loss and Trauma

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“…However, it is unlikely that imitation alone accounts entirely for the decision of subsequent suicides to imitate a prior suicide. It appears likely that subsequent suicides are characterised by a prior history of difficulties and/or mental disorder, which renders them vulnerable to suicidal behaviour [180].…”

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Risk Factors for Suicide and Attempted Suicide among Young People

Beautrais¹

2000

Aust N Z J Psychiatry

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Current research evidence suggests that the strongest risk factors for youth suicide are mental disorders (in particular, affective disorders, substance use disorders and antisocial behaviours) and a history of psychopathology, indicating that priorities for intervening to reduce youth suicidal behaviours lie with interventions focused upon the improved recognition, treatment and management of young people with mental disorders.

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An Epidemiologic Study of Risk Factors in Two Teenage Suicide Clusters

Cited by 83 publications

References 31 publications

Stress and Knowledge of Suicidal Others as Factors in Suicidal Behavior of High School Adolescents

Stress and Knowledge of Suicidal Others as Factors in Suicidal Behavior of High School Adolescents

Suicide Among Preadolescents: A Call to Action

Risk Factors for Suicide and Attempted Suicide among Young People

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