Gifted Adolescent Suicide: The Empirical Base.

Dixon, David N.; Scheckel, Jill R.

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ERIC Number: EJ530704

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Gifted Adolescent Suicide: The Empirical Base.

Dixon, David N.; Scheckel, Jill R.

Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, v7 n3 p386-92 Spr 1996

This paper examines the literature on adolescent suicide in search of specific risk factors differentiating gifted adolescents. Suicide levels for adolescents in general are found to have increased dramatically over the past decade, with gifted adolescents possibly at greater risk due to higher success rates in their suicide attempts. (Author/PB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Disturbances, Gifted, Suicide, Trend Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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