Suicide among Young Blacks: Trends and Perspectives.

Davis, Robert

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ERIC Number: EJ235578

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Publication Date: 1980-Sep

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Suicide among Young Blacks: Trends and Perspectives.

Davis, Robert

Phylon, v41 n3 p223-29 Sep 1980

Reviews recent trends in suicide among young Blacks and discusses three inadequate causal theories (urban stress, status integration, and Black family deficit). Presents an alternative explanatory paradigm which focuses on weakened communal and family ties as a result of upward mobility. (MK)

Descriptors: Black Youth, Family Influence, Influences, Intergroup Relations, Psychological Patterns, Social Science Research, Sociology, Suicide

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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