Citation

Iga M. Arch. Suicide Res. 1996; 2(2): 87-102.

Affiliation

Iga, M., Department of Sociology, California State University, Northridge, CA, United States

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

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Abstract

The psychocultural view of suicide deals with it in terms of an interaction between personality and environment, especially the social resources available for the individual. Social resources are environmental factors that the individual can use for his tension-reduction and problem-solving. That social resources and personality are involved in Japanese suicide is illustrated by oyako shinju ('parent-child suicide' in Japan; 'murder-suicide' in the United States). It is concluded that social meanings attached to self-destructive behaviour is understandable only by personological, contextualized approaches to suicide.