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Peer reviewedBirckmayer, Johanna; Hemenway, David – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2001
The effect of firearm availability on suicide may differ among age groups. Regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between suicide rates and household firearm ownership for four age groups in the nine census regions from 1979 to 1994, adjusting for regional divorce rates, education, unemployment, and urbanity. (BF)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Behavior Patterns, Guns
Peer reviewedSeiden, Richard H.; Freitas, Raymond P. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1980
While it is true that the total suicide rates has varied little, this composite figure masks a dramatic shift in the risk of suicide by age. In recent years there has been a reduction of suicide at older ages reciprocated by an unprecedented increase of suicide and homicide at younger ages. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Crime
Peer reviewedWilson, Michele – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1981
Discusses five components of a basic suicide syndrome. Examines gender differences in suicidal behavior through an analysis of male and female roles. Components include failure, commitment, rigidity, shame, and isolation. Considers the concept of autonomy in relation to sex differences in suicidal behavior. (RC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Coping
