The Limits of Social Capital: Durkheim, Suicide, and Social Cohesion

Kushner, Howard I.; Sterk, Claire E.

doi:10.2105/ajph.2004.053314

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“…Rather, when the conflicting developmental desires for autonomy and relatedness are met with firm cultural traditions that imply strict expectations for female behavior (often constraining the adolescent's developmental needs), and when these occur within contexts that are conflict-ridden or unsupportive and that may have left the adolescent with poor coping capacities, the distress of the adolescent is heightened to the point at which the potential for a suicidal behavior is greatly increased (Kushner & Sterk, 2005).…”

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Suicidal Behavior in Latinas: Explanatory Cultural Factors and Implications for Intervention

Zayas

Pilat

2008

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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We posit that the high rates of suicidal behavior by teenage Hispanic females reported in large-scale surveys can be understood as a cultural phenomenon, a product of specific elements of the history, tradition, ideology, or social norms of a particular society, and that treatment interventions must take family and cultural factors into consideration. For over a decade, surveys have reported that among ethnic and racial minority youth in the United States, Latinas have the highest rates of suicidal behavior compared to African American and non-Hispanic White adolescent females. However, other research shows that the psychological profiles of suicidal Latina adolescent girls and the risk factors for Latina suicidal behavior may not be that different from non-Hispanic suicidal adolescent females. The unique situation of adolescent Latinas involves the convergence of cultural and familial factors (i.e., familism, acculturation, relatedness, autonomy, etc.) with the developmental, social, and individual factors frequently associated with suicidal behaviors. Based on this background, familyoriented interventions appear to be the most appropriate approach to the prevention and treatment of Hispanic suicidal girls. Factors implicated in Latina suicidal behavior and community-based interventions that include the adolescent and her family are suggested. Although data do not distinguish Latino youth by country of origin or heritage, Latino 1 youth of both sexes have shown consistently higher rates of suicidal ideation, plans, and behavior than their non-Hispanic counterparts, except for the category of youth designated as "Other" (which includes Native American youth). In spite of the higher than average reports of suicidal behavior among Hispanic youth, their actual rates of suicides are lower than those of non-Hispanic White and Native American adolescents, but higher than those of nonHispanic Black youth.Although these reports confirm observations from other epidemiological and clinical research as well as observations made by many urban mental health clinicians working with Latino populations, empirical literature explaining this dramatic difference is quite sparse. With our current state of knowledge, we are not yet able to explain, with a high degree of empirical certainty, what the reasons are that explain why the rates of suicidal ideation and attempts are higher among Latino youth. In this article, we do not purport to present explanations derived from rigorous, first-hand empirical research. Rather, we integrate knowledge from past

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Section: Family Processes and Cultural Traditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Suicidal Behavior in Latinas: Explanatory Cultural Factors and Implications for Intervention

Zayas

Pilat

2008

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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“…4 However, consistent with Durkheim's view, social factors are also significantly related to the suicide rate in Japan (e.g., Yamamura 2010, Andrés et al 2011; Sugano and Matsuki 2014). Okamoto et al (2013) attempted to clarify the 1 It has been argued that the suicide rate may be high if the level of social capital is high (Kushner and Sterk 2005). 2 The increase in suicide rates also became an important issue in South Korea, so the issue has been addressed by researchers (Kim et al 2010).…”

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Comparison of Social Trust's effect on suicide ideation between urban and non-urban areas: The Case of Japanese Adults in 2006

Yamamura

2015

Social Science & Medicine

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Eiji Yamamura (Seinan Gakuin Un iversity) Terms of use: Documents inAbstract.An increasing number of studies have addressed the determinants of suicide.Social capital is a key factor in preventing suicide. However, little is known about the experience of suicide ideation using subjective values. From the viewpoint of suicide prevention, it is worth examining how people think of suicide. This paper attempts to examine the effect of social capital on suicide ideation. Furthermore, the paper compares the effect of social capital between urban and non-urban areas.In this paper, urban areas are equivalent to mega-cities with populations over one million. Non-urban areas are cities with populations of less than one million, towns and villages. Individual-level data from the Japanese General Social Surveys (JGSSs) are used. The survey, which was conducted in 2006, provides information about the subjective value of suicide ideation. The survey was answered by 1,413 subjects with a mean age of 54.5. Of the subjects, 49% were male. Social trust is used to measure the degree of social capital, and the outcome of interest is suicide ideation within the past 5 years. After controlling for various factors, the major findings are that both individual-level social trust and social trust accumulated in one's residential administrative district reduce the probability that one will consider suicide. After dividing the sample into urban and non-urban residents, particularized trust plays a role in deterring suicide ideation in urban areas, while generalized trust plays a role in deterring suicide ideation in non-urban areas. The effect of each type of trust depends on its scarcity in residential areas.

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“…For Durkheim, the latter two forms of suicide were deemed as to be of secondary importance in understanding how and why people may commit suicide (Krushner & Sterk, 2005). It is the egoistic and anomic forms that provide significant catalysts.…”

Section: The Durkheim Thesismentioning

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Marriage, religion and human flourishing: how sustainable is the classic Durkheim thesis in contemporary Europe?

Williams

Francis

Village

2010

Mental Health, Religion & Culture

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The Limits of Social Capital: Durkheim, Suicide, and Social Cohesion

Cited by 119 publications

References 21 publications

Suicidal Behavior in Latinas: Explanatory Cultural Factors and Implications for Intervention

Suicidal Behavior in Latinas: Explanatory Cultural Factors and Implications for Intervention

Comparison of Social Trust's effect on suicide ideation between urban and non-urban areas: The Case of Japanese Adults in 2006

Marriage, religion and human flourishing: how sustainable is the classic Durkheim thesis in contemporary Europe?

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