Biomedical subjects
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In a sample of 70 undergraduate men and women, scores on prior suicidal ideation were associated with scores on a helplessness scale based on an internal locus of control but not a helplessness scale based on an external locus of control.
Measures of domestic social integration which have been found to account for the time-series suicide rate in Hungary quite well also accounted for the time-series suicide rates of each province and for villages, towns, and cities.
The Arabic Obsessive-Compulsive Scale was administered to 204 Kuwaiti and 132 American college students. The Spearman-Brown reliabilities were, respectively .77 and .82, while Cronbach alphas were .76 and .82, denoting acceptable values for the two samples.
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A review of anthropological, sociological, and psychological theories of suicidal behavior indicates that a disruption in social relationships and a breakdown in community networks increase the risk of suicide. Current suicide prevention tactics fail to address these problems, and suggestions are made for tactics that would focus on the underlying causes of suicide, tactics consistent with a communitarian philosophy and tactics that could guide us into the 21st century.
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Researchers have not identified personological predictors of choice of method for suicide, whereas an availability hypothesis has received support. Thus, the situational position may be useful as a framework for efforts to prevent suicide.