Attitudes toward gun control in urban and suburban youth.
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Adolescent↗
Biomedical subjects
D Lester
Publications and source records attributed to D Lester.
Suicide and the shame of exposure.
A recent spate of suicides among those investigated by a Royal Commission in Australia on police corruption leads to the recommendation of mental health resources being provided for such investigations.
Humans↗
Predicting cirrhosis death rates in Hungary and the USA.
Marriage and birth rates predicted the rates of death from cirrhosis of the liver in the states of the U.S.A., but not in Hungarian counties.
Cause of Death↗
Subjective well-being, suicide, and homicide.
In a sample of 46 nations, suicide and homicide rates were not associated with a measure of subjective well-being but rather with economic indices.
Cross-Cultural Comparison↗
Legal gambling and crime.
In the 48 contiguous continental states in 1990, the total number of gambling activities was associated with robbery and motor vehicle theft rates. Controls for other social variables eliminated these associations.
Gambling↗
Correlates of primary and secondary murder.
The social correlates of the murder rates of American states in 1980 varied with the relationship of the victim to the murderer.
Anomie↗
Depression in college students in the United States and Kuwait.
351 college students in the United States and Kuwait were given the Beck Depression Inventory. Kuwaiti students were more depressed than American students, but not more suicidal.
Adolescent↗
Prison suicide rates by state.
Prison suicide rates by state for 1984-1993 were significantly associated with the suicide rates of the general population of the states.
Cross-Sectional Studies↗
Suicide and homicide rates in American states classified as introverted and neurotic.
Social indicators for 43 American states in 1990 were used to form two factors which have been labeled introversion and neuroticism. In states classified as more introverted suicide rates were higher, while those classified as more neurotic had higher suicide and homicide rates.
Cross-Sectional Studies↗
Suicidality and helplessness.
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.
Adolescent↗
Testing Durkheim's theory of suicide in Hungary.
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.
Anomie↗
Reliability of the Arabic Obsessive-Compulsive Scale in Kuwaiti and American students.
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.
Adolescent↗
The effect of suicide prevention centers on suicide in Japan.
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Female↗
Communitarianism and suicide prevention: proposals for the year 2000.
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.
Community Networks↗
War and rates of personal violence.
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Divorce↗
Patterns of depression in Xhosa and Yoruba students.
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Adult↗
Correlates of suicide in Italian regions in 1864-1876.
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