Analyzed temporal variables (counselor talk, caller talk, and silence) in a sample of taped calls to a suicide prevention and crisis service. In comparing three outcome groups (showing, not showing, or canceling subsequent appointment for face-to-face counseling), no-show calls had more silence than the other two groups. (Author)

Examines several dimensions of adolescent suicide, including theories of suicide, methods of assessing lethality, and methods of counseling the suicidal person. (Author/GC)

Proposes that children are especially vulnerable to parental suicide who have not resolved earlier developmental issues of separation-individuation. Five children were studied intensively. Results indicate parental suicide influences children's ego development and character formation. This trauma is heightened when mourning difficulties for the…

Results of this study revealed that physicians and psychiatrists were equal and significantly better in recognizing suicide than the other groups. They were followed by psychologists, social workers, ministers, and college students, in that order. (Author/BEF)

In England and Wales, females are more prone to commit suicide than homicide. Homicidal offenders are more likely to victimize members of their own families and decidedly more prone to kill themselves. These tendencies are tentatively related to the possible development of a subculture of self-directed violence. (Author)

Maintains that modern sociology has paid too little attention to the concepts of imitation and suggestion and presents new findings indicating that these concepts have a powerful impact on social behavior. Presents evidence that automobile fatalities increase several days after a publicized suicide and relates these and related findings to…

Inner-city, young adult Black males with a suicide attempt in the last six months, and matched controls were examined. The validity of the theory of Black self-hatred as the basic cause of suicidal behavior among Blacks is questioned. A theory focusing on forces moving toward positive subgroup ties is proposed. (Author)

The pressures of the educational system have some relationship to student suicide; they should be evaluated and, in some ways, lightened. (JD)

Interviews with seven of 10 known survivors of jumps from the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge revealed all experienced transcendence and spiritual rebirth phenomena. This paper was presented at the 8th International Congress on Suicide Prevention, Jerusalem, October 21, 1975. (Author)

A frequently cited precipitant of gay and lesbian nonfatal suicidal behavior is the turmoil associated with coming out to one's family. This study investigated young adults' attitudes toward peers who engaged in suicidal behavior after coming out and being rejected by their parents, and compared them with attitudes toward persons who had become…

Describes and illustrates distinct types of dyadic death (where a second victim acts in consort with or is killed by a person who then commits suicide). Suggests an organizing dynamic of dyadic death and claims that levels of dominance, dependence-enmeshment, and the presence or absence of hostility influence the proposed typology. (RJM)

Reviewed 32,928 death certificates (1970 to 1992) and found that foreign-born persons are consistently underrepresented in the suicide deaths of 15- to 34-year olds. Although Hispanics born outside the United States are consistently at significantly lower risk of suicide than U.S.-born Hispanics, the discrepancy between the two groups has…

Tested a model of the escape theory of suicide using various measures. After 114 college students completed all of the measures, statistical analysis failed to validate the proposed model. Socially prescribed perfectionism accounted for unique variance in suicide ideation; apparently, college students lean towards suicide when others have…

An examination of peer-on-peer abuse (e.g., bullying, harassment) and peer-on-self abuse (e.g., suicide, self-mutilation) prevention programs identified more effective ways to involve youth in similar programs. Stronger programs emphasized youth empowerment through active roles in program development and reaching out with understanding and support…

To examine the relationships buffers may have with suicide ideation, 300 African American female college students completed measures of suicide ideation and buffers. Three variables accounted for a significant and unique portion of the variance in suicide ideation: family support, a view that suicide is unacceptable, and a collaborative religious…