STEREOTYPES OF SUICIDE CAUSES FOR 3 AGE GENDER COHORTS

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1994-04-01

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SAHIN, N
SAHIN, NH
TUMER, S

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On the basis of open-ended questions and interviews using vignettes of fictitious male and female suicide committers of ages 15, 40, and 60, a list of reasons attributed to their suicides was obtained. From this list, a 45-item (5-point Likert scale) checklist was developed. This checklist was administered to a total of 232 respondents in a factorial design. The subjects were asked to respond to items concerning the fictitious suicide committer of their own age and gender, as well as to items for the other two age/gender cohorts. Thus, two groups of subjects answered the checklist. One group of respondents rated the checklist separately for the 3 age cohorts of fictitious male committers (15-year-old male, 40-year-old male, and 60-year-old male). The other group rated the checklist for the three fictitious female committers. Tle rank of endorsement for each cause was tabulated separately for age/gender cohorts, and indices of overall agreement were computed. The results indicated high agreement among all respondents on the causes of suicide considered to be most likely for a given cohort, as well as a distinct differentiation among cohorts and gender groups. The findings were with reference to cultural stereotypes about suicide causes, and arguments were elaborated on the contribution of these shared beliefs to an individual's decision to commit suicide.

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Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), General Psychology, General Medicine

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/66543

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00207599408246542

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Department of Psychology, Article

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N. SAHIN, N. SAHIN, and S. TUMER, “STEREOTYPES OF SUICIDE CAUSES FOR 3 AGE GENDER COHORTS,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, pp. 213–232, 1994, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/66543.