Kessler R C, Downey G, Milavsky J R, Stipp H
Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48106-1248.
Am J Psychiatry. 1988 Nov;145(11):1379-83. doi: 10.1176/ajp.145.11.1379.
A recent study reported a significant increase in teenage suicides after television newscasts about suicide in the period 1973-1979 and suggested that the increase might have resulted from an imitative effect of television. In the present study, the authors found no significant association between newscasts and subsequent teenage suicides over the period 1973-1984. Although teenage suicides increased after newscasts in 1973-1980, the authors identify reasons why this increase is not consistent with an imitative effect of television. Furthermore, during 1981-1984 teenage suicides decreased after newscasts about suicide; the reversal differs significantly from the association before 1981.
最近一项研究报告称，在1973年至1979年期间，有关自杀的电视新闻报道播出后，青少年自杀率显著上升，并指出这种上升可能是电视的模仿效应所致。在本研究中，作者发现在1973年至1984年期间，新闻报道与随后的青少年自杀之间没有显著关联。尽管在1973年至1980年期间，新闻报道播出后青少年自杀率有所上升，但作者指出了这种上升与电视模仿效应不一致的原因。此外，在1981年至1984年期间，有关自杀的新闻报道播出后青少年自杀率下降；这种逆转与1981年之前的关联有显著差异。
