Maris R
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 1985 Summer;15(2):91-109. doi: 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1985.tb00644.x.
The suicide rate of young people in the United States rose 237 percent between 1960 and 1980. This paper addresses three related issues. First, is this change an epidemic or an artifact? Second, what is there about adolescence as a life-stage in modern society that makes it stressful, even suicide producing? Finally, what are the distinctive traits of the lifestyles or careers of a random sample of young Chicago suicides?
1960年至1980年间,美国年轻人的自杀率上升了237%。本文探讨三个相关问题。第一,这种变化是一种流行病还是一种人为现象?第二,在现代社会中,青春期作为一个生命阶段,有哪些因素使其充满压力,甚至导致自杀?最后,芝加哥随机抽取的年轻自杀者样本的生活方式或职业有哪些独特特征?