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Felts, W. Michael; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1992
Examines the relationship between adolescent drug use and suicide ideation and suicidal behavior for 3,064 high school students, who were respondents to the North Carolina Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Drug use, particularly of crack cocaine, is related to increased suicide ideation and suicidal behavior in this group. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Cocaine, Crack

Hunter, Eagan – NASSP Bulletin, 1993
The U.S. family--the backbone of earlier societies--is rapidly degenerating, indicating the need for a social or educational agency surrogate for family caring and supervision. Time has demonstrated value-neutral education's devastating effects on our nation and our social interactions. Educators must help emerging adolescents form realistic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alienation, Coping, Daily Living Skills

de Jong, Marjolein L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1992
Security of attachment and level of individuation from parents and peers was examined among 42 undergraduates with a history of suicidality, 42 undergraduates with depression, and 42 undergraduate controls. Suicidal students had the least security of attachment, the least degree of individuation, and the highest incidence of parental…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior

Kalafat, John; Neigher, William D. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1991
Both pragmatic and experimental approaches to studying adolescent suicide are applied in this study of a suicide prevention curriculum for eleventh graders. Pragmatic and experimental paradigms were both of value in addressing needs of these students and in making general knowledge available. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Curriculum Evaluation, Epistemology

Adcock, Anthony G.; And Others – Adolescence, 1991
Examined stress, depression, attempted suicide, and knowledge of common signs of potential suicide among 3,803 eighth and tenth graders. Found females at greater risk of suicide attempts than males. Both males and females who engaged in sexual intercourse and alcohol consumption were at greater risk than abstainers; such differences were more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons, Depression (Psychology)

Vega, William A.; And Others – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1993
Examined self-report cross-sectional and longitudinal data on associations between drug use, suicide ideation, and attempts among seventh-and eighth-grade males. African Americans had highest prevalence of six-month ideation; Haitians had highest attempts. For total sample, tranquilizers had highest odds ratio for ideation. Psychoactive drug use…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Cultural Differences, Drug Use

Donahue, Michael J.; Benson, Peter L. – Journal of Social Issues, 1995
Presents a literature review on the relationship between religiousness and adolescent well-being. Among the findings is that religiousness is positively associated with prosocial values and behavior; negatively related to suicide ideation and attempts, substance abuse, premature sexual involvement, and delinquency. Policy suggestions are offered…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Antisocial Behavior, Delinquency

Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane; Fernandez, M. Isabel – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1995
Discusses impact of defining homosexual orientation on development and identity formation of youths who "come out" during adolescence. Four dimensions are presented: recognizing oneself as lesbian or gay, exploring sexual orientation through the gay and lesbian community, disclosing sexual orientation to others, and becoming more comfortable with…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Coping, Depression (Psychology)

Chester, Barbara; Mahalish, Patricia; Davis, James – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1999
Mental health service needs of American Indians in the Flagstaff (Arizona) area were surveyed among 156 adults, 28 adolescents. and parents of 51 children, focusing on help-seeking behaviors, desired services, factors promoting service use, adults' emotional and other problems, youth problems, and acculturation levels. Problems fell within the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Child Behavior, Community Needs, Community Services

Beautrais, Annette L. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2002
Risk factors for serious suicidal behavior among older adults were examined in a case control study of adults aged 55 and older who died by suicide or made suicide attempts and who were compared with randomly selected comparison subjects. Multivariate analyses suggested that mood disorders were the most significant risk factor for suicidal…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, At Risk Persons, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns
Barak, Azy; Miron, Ofra – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
Three studies were carried out to investigate the writings of suicidal people on the Internet, hypothesizing consistent findings to equivalent research of offline writing. In Study 1, suicidal persons' (n = 34) attributions as the cause of their condition, as expressed in their free online writing, were compared to those of emotionally distressed,…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Case Studies, Suicide, Internet
Allen, Michael H.; Chessick, Cheryl A.; Miklowitz, David J.; Goldberg, Joseph F.; Wisniewski, Stephen R.; Miyahara, Sachiko; Calabrese, Joseph R.; Marangell, Lauren; Bauer, Mark S.; Thomas, Marshall R.; Bowden, Charles L.; Sachs, Gary S. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
This study was designed to develop models for vulnerability to suicidal ideation in bipolar patients. Logistic regression models examined correlates of suicidal ideation in patients who had versus had not attempted suicide previously. Of 477 patients assessed, complete data on demographic, illness history, and personality variables were available…
Descriptors: Suicide, Patients, Models, Correlation
McCrone, William P. – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2004
Bullying is an ongoing method of mistreating, dominating, hurting, frightening, and/or browbeating another person by an individual or group. Bullies use physical, verbal, and psychological methods to humiliate, embarrass, and overpower others. Bullying by boys and girls can happen at any age, but it peaks in the middle school/junior high school…
Descriptors: Bullying, Schizophrenia, Partial Hearing, Deafness
Wild, Lauren G.; Flisher, Alan J.; Lombard, Carl – Journal of Adolescence, 2004
This study aimed to disentangle the influence of depression and self-esteem on suicidal behaviour in adolescence. Grades 8 and 11 students in Cape Town, South Africa (n=939) completed questionnaires assessing suicidal ideation and behaviour, depression, and self-esteem with respect to family, peers, school, sports/athletics, body image and global…
Descriptors: Suicide, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Self Esteem
Mullen, Carol A.; Buttignol, Margie; Diamond, C. T. Patrick – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2005
This article integrates story and the form of qualitative methodology known as arts-based inquiry. The authors use this approach to provide a case study of Kal, a 15-year-old boy who had unsuccessfully attempted to end his life by "flying" off his apartment balcony. The paper begins with orientation to the background of this case and to…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Foreign Countries, Suicide