ERIC Number: EJ744485
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jun
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0363-0234
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Indicators Associated with Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts among 16-35-Year-Old Danes: A National Representative Population Study
Norlev, Jeanette; Davidsen, Michael; Sundaram, Vanita; Kjoller, Mette
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v35 n3 p291-308 Jun 2005
In this study indicators associated with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in a nationwide representative sample (N = 3,184) of Danes aged 16-35 years were examined. The study was cross-sectional and had three aims: (1) to draw a profile of persons with and without suicidal tendency established on a combined quartered variable on current suicidal thoughts and/or ever attempted suicide; (2) to explore whether the different suicidal tendencies constitute a severity continuum; and (3) to identify factors of significance for suicidal tendency. Factors included were demographic characteristics, living conditions, social network, external health risks, lifestyle, health-related quality of life, symptoms, morbidity, and illness behavior. A continuum hypothesis was not supported, as the multiple logistic regression analysis showed no clear gradient in the different forms of suicidal tendency. Cohabitation status (single, p less than 0.0001), exposure to violent threats (p less than 0.0001), exposure to sexual abuse (p less than 0.0001), being a daily smoker (p less than 0.0001), doing nothing to stay healthy (p less than 0.0004), poor mental health (p less than 0.0001), mental symptoms within the past 2 weeks (p = 0.0003), contact with psychologist (p less than 0.0001), and absence from work due to illness (p = 0.005) were indicators significantly related to suicidal tendency.
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Social Networks, Quality of Life, Suicide, Social Indicators, Demography, Multiple Regression Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship, Mental Health, Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences, At Risk Persons, Foreign Countries, Profiles, Individual Differences, Health Behavior, Life Style, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Violence, Substance Abuse, Mental Disorders
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Denmark
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