Beliefs about Suicide in American and Turkish Students

Lester, David; Içli, Tülin

doi:10.1080/00224545.1990.9924635

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“…Almost a half of Viennese students and nearly one third of New York youth in the present study endorsed this attitude. This is consistent with previous cross‐cultural reports: 49% of New Zealand's (Domino et al, 1988–89) and 50% of Turkish undergraduate students (Lester & Icli, 1990) thought this myth to be true. Suicide expressions or threats are one of the warning signs of future suicidal behavior and are an important component in the estimation of suicide risk (Ringel, 1976; Sonneck, 2000).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Youth Suicide Risk Factors and Attitudes in New York and Vienna: A Cross‐Cultural Comparison

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Gould

Lenz

et al. 2006

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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The prevalence of suicide risk factors and attitudes about suicide and help-seeking among New York and Viennese adolescents were compared in order to explore possible cross-cultural differences. Viennese adolescents exhibited higher rates of depressive symptomatology than their New York counterparts and had more first-hand experience with suicidal peers. More attribution of suicide to mental illness was reported in Vienna; yet Viennese youth were less likely than New York adolescents to recognize the seriousness of suicide threats. Help-seeking patterns of Viennese adolescents were influenced by their setting a high value on confidentiality. These cross-cultural differences may reflect the limited exposure of Austrian youth to school-based suicide prevention programs. The findings highlight the need of taking the sociocultural context into consideration in the planning of youth suicide prevention strategies.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Youth Suicide Risk Factors and Attitudes in New York and Vienna: A Cross‐Cultural Comparison

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Gould

Lenz

et al. 2006

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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“…Grunbaum, Basen-Engquist, and Pandey (1998), Whites were at higher risk, foreign-born Blacks and Asian/Others were at similar risk, in an extensive study on substance use, examining the Youth Risk Behavior Survey results, but foreign-born Hispanics were at lower risk. The same comparison but with Austra-showed that planning suicide and attempted suicide by Mexican Americans and Whites is lian-born youth was done by Morrell, Taylor, Slaytor, and Ford (1999). During 1989-1994 influenced by alcohol (especially drinking heavily), marijuana, cocaine, and steroids use.…”

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“…Instead of the attitude toward suicide, Lester and Icli (1990) investigated beliefs and knowledge about it. While students from the United States and Turkey did not differ in the rate of the morality of suicide, Turkish adolescents agreed with more of the items on the McIntosh (1985, cited in Lester & Icli 1990) inventory of beliefs about suicide suggesting less accurate knowledge. Even though American students apparently had a more correct knowledge on the topic, they were still more likely to think and attempt suicide.…”

Section: Attitudes Toward Suicidementioning

confidence: 99%

Ethnocultural Aspects of Suicide in Young People: A Systematic Literature Review Part 2: Risk Factors, Precipitating Agents, and Attitudes Toward Suicide

Colucci

Martin

2007

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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Different scholars have expressed the same regret for the lack of research on ethnocultural differences in youth suicide behavior and the need to conduct more comparative studies, necessary to develop culturally responsive prevention and intervention strategies. The authors reviewed 82 publications on youth suicide that have considered, to different degrees, the ethnicity/culture of the population studied. Part 1 of this article explored youth suicide rates and methods (SLTB, this issue), while the present paper examines risk and precipitating factors and attitudes toward suicide in young people from a cross-cultural perspective.

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“…Lester and Akande (1997) found also that these Yoruban students held more negative attitudes toward suicide than did Zambian Lozi-speaking students (who were predominantly Christian). Lester and Icli (1990) surveyed American and Turkish students about their attitudes toward suicide. Overall, the Turkish students had been less preoccupied with suicide in the past, but the two groups had similar views about the morality of suicide.…”

Section: Attitudes Toward Suicidementioning

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Suicide and Islam

Lester

2006

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Much of the research on suicidal behavior in Muslim countries has been simple descriptive studies of samples of completed and attempted suicides. Despite this, and despite the possible under-reporting of suicidal behavior in countries where such behavior is illegal, suicide rates do appear to be lower in Muslims than in those of other religions, even in countries which have populations belonging to several religious groups. Rates of attempted suicide, on the other hand, do not appear to be lower in Muslims as compared to non-Muslims. Research into this topic has been quite poor, failing to take into account the ethnic background and the Islamic sect to which the suicidal subjects belonged. Reasons for the low rate of completed suicide in Muslims are reviewed, including differences in values and socio-economic status.

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Beliefs about Suicide in American and Turkish Students

Cited by 6 publications

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Youth Suicide Risk Factors and Attitudes in New York and Vienna: A Cross‐Cultural Comparison

Youth Suicide Risk Factors and Attitudes in New York and Vienna: A Cross‐Cultural Comparison

Ethnocultural Aspects of Suicide in Young People: A Systematic Literature Review Part 2: Risk Factors, Precipitating Agents, and Attitudes Toward Suicide

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