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Peer reviewedAgnew, Robert – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1998
Drawing on three leading theories of crime/deviance, a model is developed and tested to explain individual variation in the approval of suicide. Data from a national survey are used to test predictions. Predictions are partially supported. Strongest correlates of suicide approval are education, political liberalism, and certain religious…
Descriptors: Adults, Models, National Surveys, Prevention
