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Decker, Robert H. – 1997
This guidebook describes the components involved in proactively developing a comprehensive crisis-management plan. Chapter 1 explains the philosophical underpinnings of a crisis-management plan and discusses the importance of vision and staff development. Chapter 2 answers the questions: Why do we need a crisis-management plan? Who needs to be…
Descriptors: Accidents, Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Planning, Crisis Management

Chandler, Michael J.; Lalonde, Christopher E.; Sokol, Bryan W.; Hallett, Darcy – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2003
Five studies examined personal continuity among Native and non-Native North American adolescents. Demonstrated that reasoning about personal persistence proceeds in an orderly and increasingly sophisticated manner over identity development. Failures to warrant self-continuity were strongly associated with increased suicide risk. Efforts to…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, American Indian Culture, American Indian Students

Kerfoot, Michael – Children & Society, 1996
Reviews research on adolescent suicide and deliberate self-harm. Shows that in the UK suicide is the second most common cause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds, and that deliberate self-harm is linked to depression, substance misuse, and family functioning and precedes one-third of adolescent suicides. Discusses problems in aftercare of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Crisis Intervention

Zimmerman, Shirley L. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1990
Analyzed states' spending for hospitals and suicide rates in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1984. Found spending was not directly related to suicide rates until 1984 when it accounted for 5 percent increase in variance. Considered effects of divorce rates, and change, density, economic level, and racial composition of population. Discusses implications of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Costs, Divorce, Economic Status

Millstein, Susan G. – American Psychologist, 1989
Despite the traditional view of adolescence as a healthy period, there are increasing concerns about the health status of youth. Many adolescent health needs are unmet due to misconceptions and to the organization of health care services. Behavioral science can contribute research, interventions, and health policy to benefit adolescent health. (AF)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Sciences

Waelde, Lynn C.; And Others – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1994
Examines whether relationships of self-reported depression and suicidality to gender roles or gender are moderated by stressful life events. Results with 290 female and 247 male undergraduates support the androgyny model of adjustment and a self-schema model of depression. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Androgyny, Depression (Psychology)

Barker-Collo, Suzanne L. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2001
A survey of 126 female survivors of childhood sexual abuse (n=126) found participants reporting abuse by immediate family members and before age 10 tended make internal attributions of blame when they were children. Reports of childhood internal attributions of blame were significantly predictive of overall adult symptomatology and suicide…
Descriptors: Adults, Age, Attribution Theory, Child Abuse
Young Peoples' Opinions about the Causes of, and Solutions to, New Zealand's High Youth Suicide Rate
Heled, Edna; Read, John – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
In response to an open-ended question about the causes of New Zealand's high youth suicide rate, 384 young adults most commonly cited pressure to conform and perform, followed by financial worries, abuse and neglect, problems with alcohol or drugs, and boredom. Depression was cited by 5 percent and mental illness by only 1 percent. Recommended…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Suicide, Depression (Psychology), Mental Disorders
Wingate, LaRicka R.; Bobadilla, Leonardo; Burns, Andrea B.; Cukrowicz, Kelly C.; Hernandez, Annya; Ketterman, Rita L.; Minnix, Jennifer; Petty, Scharles; Richey, J. Anthony; Sachs-Ericsson, Natalie; Stanley, Sheila; Williams, Foluso M.; Joiner, Thomas E., Jr. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
The rise in suicide by African Americans in the United States is directly attributable to the dramatic, nearly three-fold increase in suicide rates of African American males. Gibbs (1997) hypothesized high social support, religiosity, and southern residence are protective factors against suicidality for Black people. This hypothesis was tested…
Descriptors: Suicide, African Americans, Males, Role
Fidler, Coletta – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2004
Bullying has gone on in schools for decades. Defined as "browbeating" or being "habitually cruel to others who are weaker," bullying can cause physiological and psychological injuries that last a lifetime. Unchecked, this behavior can lead the bully to drug and gang cultures and eventually prison. It can drive the victim to depression and suicidal…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Bullying, Correctional Institutions, Academic Achievement
Verona, Edelyn; Hicks, Brian M.; Patrick, Christopher J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
The influence of personality and childhood abuse on suicidal behaviors and psychopathy was examined among female prisoners. Scores on the affective/interpersonal component (Factor 1; F1) and the antisocial deviance (Factor 2; F2) component of psychopathy were obtained from the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (R. D. Hare, 1991). Suicide attempt and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Check Lists, Suicide, Sexual Abuse
DeVitis, Joseph L., Ed.; Irwin-DeVitis, Linda, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2010
Written by a prominent array of scholars and practitioners, this book elucidates the complexities, contradictions, and confusion surrounding adolescence in American culture and education. For too long, harmful public myths and lies have portrayed teenagers as a principal cause of our nation's social ills. Similar unfair charges have been lodged…
Descriptors: Caring, African Americans, Females, Democracy
Klein, Hugh; Elifson, Kirk W.; Sterk, Claire E. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2006
The focus of this study was to identify factors that differentiate women drug abusers who had experienced suicidal ideation from those who did not. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 221 cocaine-using women in Atlanta, GA, 88 (39.8%) of whom reported thinking about committing suicide at least once during the 90 days prior to interview and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Suicide, At Risk Persons, Cocaine
Lipsitt, Lewis P., Ed. – 1990
Noting that today's children face many dangers such as depression (in some cases leading to suicide), child abuse, eating disorders, accidents, alcohol and other drug abuse, and AIDS, this report, drawn from past issues of The Brown University Child Behavior and Development Letter, presents some of the most interesting and useful findings on these…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Child Abuse
Violato, Claudio; Travis, Leroy – 1995
Adolescence is a multiplicity of events, experiences, behavior, people, and cultural meanings. This book attempts to provide detailed and in-depth analysis of the central issues related to adolescent psychology, while taking this multiplicity into account. A comprehensive representation of the topic is provided through integration of historical,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescent Literature, Adolescents