Youth suicide risk factors and attitudes in New York and Vienna: a cross-cultural comparison
| Autor: | Gerhard Lenz, Max H. Friedrich, Tuerkan Akkaya-Kalayci, Kanita Dervic, Marjorie Kleinman, Madelyn S. Gould, Drew M. Velting, Gernot Sonneck |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Gerontology
Cross-Cultural Comparison Male Suicide Prevention Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders media_common.quotation_subject New York Poison control Suicide prevention Peer Group Sex Factors Risk Factors Injury prevention medicine Humans media_common School Health Services business.industry Depression Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Social environment Patient Acceptance of Health Care Mental illness medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Suicide Austria Female business Attribution Seriousness Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Suicidelife-threatening behavior. 36(5) |
| ISSN: | 0363-0234 |
| Popis: | The prevalence of suicide risk factors and attitudes about suicide and help-seeking among New York and Viennese adolescents were compared in order to explore possible cross-cultural differences. Viennese adolescents exhibited higher rates of depressive symptomatology than their New York counterparts and had more first-hand experience with suicidal peers. More attribution of suicide to mental illness was reported in Vienna; yet Viennese youth were less likely than New York adolescents to recognize the seriousness of suicide threats. Help-seeking patterns of Viennese adolescents were influenced by their setting a high value on confidentiality. These cross-cultural differences may reflect the limited exposure of Austrian youth to school-based suicide prevention programs. The findings highlight the need of taking the sociocultural context into consideration in the planning of youth suicide prevention strategies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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