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A Psychometric Investigation of the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire
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Anderson, Amy L.; Lester, David; Rogers, James R. – Death Studies, 2008
The factor structure of the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ) was investigated in 2 studies. In the first study, the SOQ was administered to 568 participants to investigate the relative strength of 3 competing latent structure models previously identified in the literature. Confirmatory factor analyses provided no support for any of the prior…
Descriptors: Opinions, Suicide, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
Social Correlates of Youth Suicide Rates in the United States.
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Lester, David – Adolescence, 1991
Examined social variable data for 48 contiguous states from census publications and suicide rates for 1980 from National Center for Vital Statistics. Found suicide rates of youths in United States associated with social integration, age structure, and race/region. Found similar associations for older groups, suggesting similarities in impact of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mortality Rate, Social Influences, Suicide
Social Correlates of American Indian Suicide and Homicide Rates.
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Lester, David – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1995
Analysis of 1980 state-level data found that white suicide rates were associated with variables indicating social instability, while American Indian suicide rates were negatively related to wealth and urbanization. Both white and Indian homicide rates were related to social instability; Indian rates were also negatively related to unemployment.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Factor Structure, Homicide, Predictor Variables
An Application of Durkheim's Theory of Suicide to Prison Suicide Rates in the United States
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Tartaro, Christine; Lester, David – Death Studies, 2005
E. Durkheim (1897) suggested that the societal rate of suicide might be explained by societal factors, such as marriage, divorce, and birth rates. The current study examined male prison suicide rates and suicide rates for men in the total population in the United States and found that variables based on Durkheim's theory of suicide explained…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Suicide, Males, Social Influences
The Changing Suicide Pattern in Canadian Adolescents and Youth, Compared to Their American Counterparts.
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Leenaars, Antoon A.; Lester, David – Adolescence, 1995
Investigated rates of birth, divorce, marriage, and unemployment for subgroups in Canada and the United States and their effects on suicide rates. In Canada, domestic integration and the economy predicted youth suicide rates more accurately than they did adult rates. The United States had less variation in predictors for age groups. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors
Ecological Correlates of Adolescent Attempted Suicide.
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Lester, David – Adolescence, 1990
Rates of adolescent attempted suicide were correlated with social indicators over electoral wards of Edinburgh, Scotland. Rates were found to be higher in wards where child neglect and misbehavior were more common. Rates of attempted suicides in total population also were related to housing patterns/social class of the wards. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Neglect, Ecological Factors, Foreign Countries