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Suicide Attempts among Indigenous Sami Adolescents and Majority Peers in Arctic Norway: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors
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Silviken, Anne; Kvernmo, Siv – Journal of Adolescence, 2007
The prevalence of suicide attempts and associated risk factors such as sociodemographic conditions, emotional/behavioural problems and parent-child relationships were examined among 591 indigenous Sami and 2100 majority adolescents in Arctic Norway. There were no significant ethnic differences in prevalence of suicide attempts. In both ethnic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Incidence, Ethnic Groups, Adolescents
Explaining the Gender Difference in Self-Reported Suicide Attempts: A Nationally Representative Study of Norwegian Adolescents.
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Wichstrom, Lars; Rossow, Ingeborg – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2002
Norwegian students (N=9,679), grades 7-12, were followed in order to determine which variables may account for gender differences in self-reported suicide attempts. Gender differences in previous suicide attempts were significantly reduced when depression was controlled, and was no longer significant when eating disorders were considered. No…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Eating Disorders, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables