TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Is religiosity a protective factor against attempted suicide: a cross-cultural case-control study
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Sisask, Merike
A1  - Värnik, Airi
A1  - Kolves, Kairi
A1  - Bertolote, José Manoel
A1  - Bolhari, Jafar
A1  - Botega, Neury Jose
A1  - Fleischmann, Alexandra
A1  - Vijayakumar, Lakshmi
A1  - Wasserman, Danuta
SP  - 44
EP  - 55
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
N2  - This cross-cultural study investigates whether religiosity assessed in three dimensions has a protective effect against attempted suicide. Community controls (n = 5484) were more likely than suicide attempters (n = 2819) to report religious denomination in Estonia (OR = 0.5) and subjective religiosity in four countries: Brazil (OR = 0.2), Estonia (OR = 0.5), Islamic Republic of Iran (OR = 0.6), and Sri Lanka (OR = 0.4). In South Africa, the effect was exceptional both for religious denomination (OR = 5.9) and subjective religiosity (OR = 2.7). No effects were found in India and Vietnam. Organizational religiosity gave controversial results. In particular, subjective religiosity (considering him/herself as religious person) may serve as a protective factor against non-fatal suicidal behavior in some cultures.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811110903479052
ID  - ref1
ER  -