Kozak C M, Gibbs J O
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 1979 Summer;9(2):67-75.
In an attempt to analyze the relatively neglected relationship between the presence of dependent children and suicide of married parents, the suicides of both married and single persons in the Chicago-Cook County region for 1970 and 1974 were examined. Single suicides and married suicides with dependent children were compared to similar groups in the general population. It was found that while marrieds with dependent children experienced the lowest average suicide rate, they also had a larger mean number of children than the population as a whole and exhibited a tendency for having children at a very young age or children at an older age in life. These findings contradict contemporary notions that an increasing number of children in a marriage tend to inhibit suicide potential. It appears that the relationship between marital suicide and dependent children is far more complex than previously indicated and requires further research for elaboration.
为了分析有受抚养子女的情况与已婚父母自杀之间相对被忽视的关系，对1970年和1974年芝加哥 - 库克县地区已婚和单身人士的自杀情况进行了研究。将单身自杀者以及有受抚养子女的已婚自杀者与普通人群中的类似群体进行了比较。研究发现，虽然有受抚养子女的已婚者平均自杀率最低，但他们的子女平均数量也比总体人口更多，并且呈现出在非常年轻时生育子女或在人生较晚时生育子女的倾向。这些发现与当代观念相矛盾，即婚姻中子女数量增加往往会抑制自杀可能性。看来，婚姻自杀与受抚养子女之间的关系远比之前所表明的更为复杂，需要进一步研究加以阐述。
