Department of Criminal Justice, Graduate Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019, USA.
Soc Sci Res. 2012 Nov;41(6):1565-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.07.001. Epub 2012 Jul 21.
This study evaluates the role that religious and cultural values have on individual opinions toward suicide worldwide. Using multilevel modeling with data from the fourth wave of the World Values Survey (42,299 individuals in 43 countries), the current study is designed to analyze the effect of individual (i.e., micro-level), and country (i.e., macro-level) characteristics on opinions toward suicide. Specifically, cultural values, religious affiliation, religious importance, and church attendance are analyzed at both the individual and country levels to evaluate the impact of individual and country level effects on opinions toward suicide. The results show that individual opinions toward suicide are influenced by individual belief as well as by the cultural and religious characteristics of their country. The results suggest that evaluation of individual opinions toward controversial behavior should account for the unique and cross-interaction effects of micro- and macro-level effects.
本研究评估了宗教和文化价值观在全球范围内对个人自杀观念的影响。本研究采用多水平模型，利用世界价值观调查第四波数据（来自 43 个国家的 42299 人），旨在分析个体（即微观层面）和国家（即宏观层面）特征对自杀观念的影响。具体而言，在个体和国家层面分析文化价值观、宗教信仰、宗教重要性和教堂出勤率，以评估个体和国家层面效应对自杀观念的影响。结果表明，个体对自杀的看法受到个体信仰以及其所在国家的文化和宗教特征的影响。结果表明，对有争议行为的个体意见的评估应考虑微观和宏观层面效应的独特和交叉交互效应。
