@article{ref1,
title="Youth suicide risk factors and attitudes in New York and Vienna: a cross-cultural comparison",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2006",
author="Dervic, Kanita and Gould, Madelyn S. and Lenz, G. and Kleinman, Marjorie and Akkaya-Kalayci, Turkan and Velting, Drew and Sonneck, Gernot and Friedrich, M. H.",
volume="36",
number="5",
pages="539-552",
abstract="The prevalence of suicide risk factors and attitudes about suicide and helpseeking 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1521/suli.2006.36.5.539",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.2006.36.5.539"
}