The association between adolescents' attitudes toward suicide and their psychosocial background and suicidal tendencies
Stein, D.; Witztum, E.; Brom, D.; DeNour, A.K.; Elizur, A.
Adolescence 27(108): 949-959
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-8449 PMID: 1471571 Document Number: 396179
The present study examined the relationship between adolescents' attitudes toward suicide and their psychosocial background. It also evaluated the association between attitudes toward suicide and the subjects' own suicidal tendencies. A questionnaire assessing these issues was administered to 525 Israeli adolescents. Results indicated that significantly more females, nonreligious adolescents, those exposed to suicidal behavior, and those with increased suicidal risk held more accepting attitudes. Ethnic origin, socioeconomic status, and living in intact/nonintact families were not associated with adolescents' attitudes toward suicide.