Citation

Lester D. Stress Med. 1991; 7(2): 129-131.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/smi.2460070214

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

By 1987, 8.7 per cent of the deaths of the men and 5.2 per cent of the deaths of the women in Terman's sample of gifted children were from suicide. Four variables distinguished those who killed themselves at a young age from those committing suicide later: the length of pregnancy, the length of breast feeding, loss of father by death or divorce, and a lower desire to excel. Copyright © 1991 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; suicide; pregnancy; article; major clinical study; follow up; breast feeding; parental deprivation; parental loss; Gifted children; length of pregnancy