Citation

Peck DL. Adolescence 1987; 22(88): 863-878.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology, University of Alabama, University 35486.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, Libra Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3434401

Abstract

Recently it has been suggested that social-psychological profiles of suicide attempters are useful to identify high-risk persons. There also is evidence that the complexity of interpersonal and intrapersonal factors constrict the extent to which such identification can be made. Using data from a nonprobability sample of 455 adolescent and youthful committers to test the hypothesis that attempters and committers do not differ with respect to environmental and stress-producing factors, the results reveal some differences between committers and attempters. Social-psychological characteristics of committers and factors relating to their social support systems are also discussed in the context of these differences.

Language: en