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Flisher, Alan J.; Chalton, Derek O. – Journal of Adolescence, 1995
Project documented characteristics of teenage school dropouts and then compared the prevalence of risk-taking behavior of dropouts with those attending school. Of the sample (n=548), 15% had dropped out. Those still attending school engaged in suicide behavior more frequently than dropouts whereas the latter abused substances more. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
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Huntington, Deborah D.; Bender, William N. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
Research on self-concept, attributions, anxiety, depression, and suicide among adolescents with learning disability is examined for the purpose of detecting consistency of emotional and developmental indicators. Analysis indicates that these students appear to be at increased risk for severe depression and suicide. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anxiety, At Risk Persons, Depression (Psychology)
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Rossow, Ingeborg; Wichstrom, Lars – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1994
Analyzed self-reported history of parasuicide with respect to use of intoxicants in national sample of 12,000 Norweigan adolescents. Proportion of parasuicides was 8.3%, being higher among girls and those living without both parents; and rate increased with age, use of intoxicants, depression, and loneliness. Found positive associations between…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Alcohol Abuse, Depression (Psychology)
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Peterson, Berit; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1993
Provides procedural guidelines, developed for the Edina (Minnesota) public school system, for dealing with crisis intervention in grades pre-K through 12. Focusing primarily on suicide, the guidelines address three levels of at-risk students/staff. Recommended actions following the death of any student or faculty member are included. (GLR)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Crisis Intervention, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
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Gartrell, John W.; And Others – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1993
Found high rate of suicide attempts and ideation among 229 seventh- through ninth-grade American Indian students on reserves in Alberta. Prevalence of suicidality was very similar to rates reported for Navajo youth. Controlling for age, risk factors for suicide attempts were heavy alcohol use, no father in home, sleeping problems, and low…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indians, At Risk Persons, Family Problems
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Angell, G. Brent; Kurz, Brenda J.; Gottfried, George M. – Journal of Multicultural Social Work, 1997
Examines biopsychosocial effects of acculturation on the high suicide rate among young Ojibwa males in relation to "pimadaziwin" (health, well-being, and longevity for self and family attained through cultural compliance) and "nissitise" (face-saving suicide following loss of "pimadaziwin"). Case study illustrates how…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alienation, American Indian Culture, Chippewa (Tribe)
Petzko, Vicki Nord – Principal Leadership, 2001
Teachers continue to be underinformed about legal issues affecting schools. Litigation and case law since 1998 suggest that principals should provide teachers with additional training in the areas of school violence, school prayer, sexual harassment, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, data privacy, and student suicide. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Fetro, Joyce V.; Coyle, Karin K.; Pham, Phong – Journal of School Health, 2001
Investigated the prevalence of health risk behaviors among diverse middle school students. Data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey-Middle School indicated that respondents engaged in multiple health risk behaviors, with 24.4 percent seriously considering suicide, 53.5 percent having been in a physical fight, 50.2 percent ever drinking, 17.9…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Dietetics, Diversity (Student), Drinking
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Liu, Xianchen; Tein, Jenn-Yun; Sandler, Irwin N.; Zhao, Zhongtang – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
This case control study examined the relationship between psychopathological profiles and self reported suicide attempts among rural adolescents of China. Cases consisted of 142 adolescents who reported a suicide attempt in the past 6 months in a questionnaire survey (n = 1,365). An equal number of adolescents without reporting a suicide attempt,…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Suicide, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
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Altindag, Abdurrahman; Ozkan, Mustafa; Oto, Remzi – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
The southeastern part of Turkey has comparatively high female suicide rates. We aimed to research social, economic, cultural, and psychiatric reasons of suicides in Batman in a case-controlled psychological autopsy study comparing suicides with matched community controls. The female suicide rate was 9.3 per 100.000 and the female/male ratio was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Suicide, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
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Walker, Rheeda L.; Bishop, Shaughna – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
In this study, a model of certain aspects of religiosity, social support, and depressive symptomatology that would examine how African Americans may be, differentially, protected from suicide was proposed. "Intrinsic" religiosity was found to be negatively related to depressive symptoms which were positively related to suicide ideation in a sample…
Descriptors: Models, Comparative Analysis, Religious Factors, Suicide
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Ploderl, Martin; Fartacek, Reinhold – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
This is the first study in German-speaking countries to compare the suicidality of lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults (n = 358) with matched heterosexual adults (n = 267). The former had significantly elevated incidences of current suicide ideation (28% vs. 13%) and lifetime suicide attempts defined in three ways (14% vs. 1% to 10% vs. 2%),…
Descriptors: Suicide, Risk, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation
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Beechem, Michael – Journal of Teaching in the Addictions, 2004
Incumbent upon those faculty who teach substance abuse courses is the need to integrate elderly alcoholism-related course content to encourage and adequately prepare university students to serve this "hidden" population. Course content would ideally include theories specific to loss-grief, aging, and alcoholism. In addition, field placement…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Alcoholism, Older Adults, Course Content
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Aalsma, Matthew C.; Lapsley, Daniel K.; Flannery, Daniel J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
The relationship among three personal fables ("omnipotence," "invulnerability," "personal uniqueness"), narcissism, and mental health variables was assessed in a large, cross-sectional sample of adolescents drawn from Grades 6 (n = 94), 8 (n = 223), 10 (n = 142), and 12 (n = 102). Participants responded to the New Personal Fable Scale, the…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Suicide, At Risk Persons, Personality Traits
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Choi, Heeseung; Meininger, Janet C.; Roberts, Robert E. – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2006
Limited data on ethnic group differences among young adolescents exist regarding the prevalence of mental distress, social stress, and resources. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine ethnic differences among African American (AA), European American (EA), Hispanic American (HA), and Asian American adolescents in mental distress,…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Early Adolescents
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