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Social and Racial Correlates of Russian Roulette
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Stack, Steven; Wasserman, Ira – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2008
The epidemiology of a neglected form of suicidal behavior, Russian roulette, is addressed. Also tested is an explanation of racial differences based on the opportunity theory of deviant behavior related to the availability of revolvers, necessary weapons with which to play Russian roulette. Data refer to 15 cases of Russian roulette found through…
Descriptors: Suicide, Epidemiology, Racial Differences, Correlation
New Micro-level Data on the Impact of Divorce on Suicide, 1959-1980: A Test of Two Theories.
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Stack, Steven – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1990
Analysis of effect of divorce on suicide using micro- and individual-level data provided some support for both status integration theory (predicting decline in effect of divorce on suicide) and Durkheimian perspective (predicting no change or increase in suicide). Gap between suicide rates of divorced and married, which has narrowed as divorce has…
Descriptors: Divorce, Marital Status, Suicide, Time
Marital Status, Alcohol Consumption, and Suicide: An Analysis of National Data.
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Stack, Steven; Wasserman, Ira – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1993
Examined marital status and suicide using individual-level data on 10,906 deaths. Found that low marital integration significantly increased odds of dying from suicide, independent of alcohol consumption. Low marital integration also affected suicide indirectly through its association with alcohol consumption. Alcohol consumption was more closely…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Marital Status, Suicide
Marital Status Integration, Suicide Disapproval, and Societal Integration as Explanations of Marital Status Differences in Female Age-Specific Suicide Rates
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Cutright, Phillips; Stack, Steven; Fernquist, Robert – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
Sociological analyses of suicide have often neglected female suicide rates. Three competing explanations are tested to determine why the suicide rates of married women are, typically, lower than the suicide rates of women who are not married: (1) marital status integration, (2) societal integration, and (3) a nation's normative order about…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Social Integration, Females, Suicide
The Effect of Marriage, Family, and Religious Ties on African American Suicide Ideology.
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Stack, Steven; Wasserman, Ira – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1995
Explores the influence of marriage and family factors, including religiosity, on suicide beliefs or ideology using a national sample of 1,197 African Americans. Being married lowers prosuicide ideology, but institutional ties to religion are considerably more important than marital ties. The model is replicated for whites. (JPS)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Blacks, Extended Family, Higher Education
The Effect of Marital Integration on African American Suicide.
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Stack, Steven – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1996
Analysis of nationwide data on 2,099 African American suicides and 1,729 African American natural deaths indicates that being divorced or widowed significantly raises the odds of death by suicide, but being single does not. A parallel analysis for whites finds greater support for a link between marital status and suicide. (RJM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Death, Divorce