Zen and happiness.
In a sample of 69 undergraduates, a Taoist orientation was associated with less depression and hopelessness.
Adult↗
Biomedical subjects
D Lester
Publications and source records attributed to D Lester.
Wine consumption and suicide rates.
When state monopolies ended, changes in wine sales in six states were not associated consistently with an increase in the suicide rate.
Alcohol Drinking↗
Belief in life after death, religiosity and fear of death.
In a sample of 34 undergraduates, belief in life after death was associated with religiosity but not with the fear of death.
Adult↗
The blame attributed to rape victims.
Holding the rape victim more responsible was associated with femininity scores of both 21 male and 53 female college students.
Adult↗
The misery index and suicide.
From 1958-1992, the original misery index predicted the American suicide rate better than did a revised misery index.
Humans↗
Optimism and manic-depressive tendencies.
Scores on an optimism scale were negatively associated with both music and depressive tendencies in a sample of 65 college students.
Adolescent↗
Effect of changing alcohol laws in Iceland on suicide rates.
After the legalization of strong beer in 1989 in Iceland, the decrease in consumption of spirits was accompanied by a decrease in the suicide rate.
Alcohol Drinking↗
State and trait depression and suicidality.
In a sample of 68 undergraduates, current depression scores predicted current suicidal ideation while depressive personality scores predicted prior suicidal ideation.
Adult↗
Predicting the suicide rate of children in America.
The time-series regressions for suicide rates by race and sex for those aged 5 to 14 years in the USA from 1933-1980 were predicted by scores on two factors which had high loadings for year and for the marriage rate.
Adolescent↗
Depression and suicidal preoccupation in South African students.
Xhosa, Zulu, and colored students in South Africa did not differ on depression scores, but there was some evidence that the pattern of the symptoms of depression differed among the three groups.
Adult↗
Suicide notes in alcoholism.
Alcoholism is associated with a vast number of suicides. The most systematic study of suicide among alcoholics is the work of Eli Robins and George Murphy. The suicide notes in these studies have remained unanalyzed to date. The present analysis suggested that these suicide notes of alcoholics did not differ from those of nonalcoholics; core themes in their deaths are unbearable psychological pain, cognitive constriction, indirect expressions, rejection-aggression, and identification-aggression. Although caution is in order in accepting the null hypothesis, we can at least suggest that further study is needed.
Alcoholism↗
External versus internal attributions in suicide and their implications for crisis intervention and suicide prevention.
The concept of belief of locus of control is explored for its relevance in crisis intervention and suicide prevention. Although research into the association has produced inconsistent findings, the counselor has rich possibilities for intervention, especially if belief in locus of control is explored along with feelings of powerlessness and helplessness.
Crisis Intervention↗
Regional associations of methods used for suicide.
The pattern of associations between the suicide rates by various methods over the American states differed from that found over nations.
Global Health↗
Motives for suicide in suicide notes from women and men.
Suicide notes written by 16 adult women and 16 men were evaluated by 16 nonprofessional adult judges with regard to love or work problems as suicide motives. Consistent with current theory on gender and suicidal behavior, women and men did not differ in love or work motives.
Adult↗
Does democracy increase suicide and homicide rates?
Changes in the measures for the level of democracy in 34 nations from 1965 to 1980 were positively associated with the percentage change in the homicide rate over 30 nations.
Democracy↗
Abortion attitudes and personality.
Attitudes toward abortion were predicted by age, sex, and religiosity but not personality in a sample of 99 college students.
Abortion, Induced↗
Predicting the rate with which police officers are assaulted, injured, and killed.
From 1964-1990, the rates with which police officers were assaulted, injured, and killed were predicted by social indicators of violence and social disintegration.
Homicide↗
Accurate knowledge about suicide.
Accurate knowledge about suicide among 150 English students was not associated with age, sex, personality, or attitudes toward suicide.
Adult↗