Economic status, family anomie, and adolescent suicide potential.

Publisher: New York Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0376332 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0022-3980 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00223980 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2010- : New York : Routledge
Original Publication: Provincetown, Mass. : Journal Press

Anomie* ; Family* ; Socioeconomic Factors* ; Suicide, Attempted*; Adolescent ; Humans ; United States

This study attempts to ascertain the existence and economic characteristics of the anomic family as a determinant of high suicide lethality among adolescents. An inverse relationship was hypothesized between economic status, family norm consensus, family power, and adolescent suicide risk. Fifty-five Ss of at least moderate suicide risk--and their families--were obtained from a total sample of 194 adolescents, 13 to 18 years old, who attempted suicide during a three month period. A summary of the descriptive demographic data is as follows: 32.7% of the sample were male and 67.3% female; their mean age was 16.3 years; race was categorized into 81.9% white and 18.1% nonwhite. Correlation coefficients were used to test the hypothesis. Statistically significant differences in the degree of family normlessness and powerlessness were found for suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents and their families.

Date Created: 19780101 Date Completed: 19780417 Latest Revision: 20041117

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10.1080/00223980.1978.9915944

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