| Autor: |
Naka, Koichi, Willcox, D.Craig, Todoriki, Hidemi, Kageyama, Takayuki, Department of Cli花ical Psychology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, Department of Anthropology and Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, Urban Environment and Health Project, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
1998 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
琉球医学会誌 = Ryukyu Medical Journal. 18(1-2):1-10 |
| ISSN: |
1346-888X |
| Popis: |
In studies of suicide, a common problem is an over-focus on psychopathology of individual suicidal acts. As a result, the social determinants of suicide are often obscured. In order to rectify this situation, in this paper, we took a Durkheimian approach and focused on social factors that may be linked to suicide. We reviewed research on suicide in Okinawa from an international perspective and reconsidered suicide as a socio-cultural phenomenon. We also compared suicide in Okinawa to trends in mainland Japan. Okinawa prefecture has a unique socio-cultural status in Japan including the experience of having been occupied by the USA from the end of World War II until reversion to Japan in 1972. The suicide rates among males and females aged 10-19 during 1970-83 were at a relatively high level and this change was quite different from that of other areas in Japan after World War II. It was suggested that these rates were affected by reversion anxiety (social anxiety associated with the reversion of Okinawa to Japan). High rates among young and middleaged adult men were suggested to be related to both acute and chronic anomie. For elderly women their low suicide rates may be linked to their high morale and religious roles based in traditional culture as well as to their large social networks. It was suggested that these are possible fruitful areas for future research. |
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