Factors Affecting the Unacceptability of Suicide and the Effects of Evaluator Depression and Religiosity.

Lo Presto, Charles T.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ511408

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Factors Affecting the Unacceptability of Suicide and the Effects of Evaluator Depression and Religiosity.

Lo Presto, Charles T.; And Others

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, v30 n3 p205-21 1994-95

Catholic college students (n=282) evaluated scenarios that manipulated precipitating illness and gender of suicide victim. Variables affecting the evaluator, such as gender, mood state, and religiosity, were also considered. Results indicated that the unacceptability of suicide is a function of precipitating illness and gender of victim as well as a function of an evaluator's mood and religiosity. (JPS)

Descriptors: Catholics, College Students, Cultural Influences, Death, Depression (Psychology), Diseases, Higher Education, Opinions, Religious Factors, Sex Differences, Suicide

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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