Problem Drinking in the Family and Youth Suicide.

Fernquist, Robert M.

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ERIC Number: EJ627669

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Problem Drinking in the Family and Youth Suicide.

Fernquist, Robert M.

Adolescence, v35 n139 p551-58 Fall 2000

Using data from the 1995 Gallup Poll and a 1988 ABC News poll, examines the relationships between problematic drinking in the home and youth suicide rates. The hypothesis that chronic stress, as measured by problem drinking in the home, is related to youth suicide was supported. (MKA)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Children, Family Problems, Suicide

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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