Wenz F V
J Psychol. 1978 Jan;98(1st Half):45-7. doi: 10.1080/00223980.1978.9915944.
This study attempts to ascertain the existence and economic characteristics of the anomic family as a determinant of high suicide lethality among adolescents. An inverse relationship was hypothesized between economic status, family norm consensus, family power, and adolescent suicide risk. Fifty-five Ss of at least moderate suicide risk--and their families--were obtained from a total sample of 194 adolescents, 13 to 18 years old, who attempted suicide during a three month period. A summary of the descriptive demographic data is as follows: 32.7% of the sample were male and 67.3% female; their mean age was 16.3 years; race was categorized into 81.9% white and 18.1% nonwhite. Correlation coefficients were used to test the hypothesis. Statistically significant differences in the degree of family normlessness and powerlessness were found for suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents and their families.
本研究试图确定失范家庭的存在及其经济特征，作为青少年自杀致死率高的一个决定因素。研究假设经济状况、家庭规范共识、家庭权力与青少年自杀风险之间存在反比关系。从194名13至18岁在三个月内有自杀企图的青少年总样本中选取了至少有中度自杀风险的55名研究对象（及其家庭）。描述性人口统计学数据总结如下：样本中32.7%为男性，67.3%为女性；他们的平均年龄为16.3岁；种族分类为81.9%为白人，18.1%为非白人。使用相关系数来检验该假设。在有自杀行为和无自杀行为的青少年及其家庭之间，发现了家庭规范缺失和无力感程度上具有统计学意义的差异。
