Burvill P W, Woodings T L, Stenhouse N S, McCall M G
Psychol Med. 1982 May;12(2):295-308. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700046638.
Rates and methods of suicide during 1961-70 migrants in Australia were compared with native born Australians. Large differences in both rates and methods of suicide were found in individual migrant groups. The rates were more akin to those in the country of origin than of the Australian-born, no matter how long the migrants had lived in Australia. By contrast, methods of suicide use by migrants approached more closely those of the Australian-born the longer they had lived in Australia. The change in methods used was greater in those migrant groups coming from countries with a language and culture more akin to those in Australia. A discussion follows of various possible sociological and cultural factors, both within the countries of origin and within Australia, which could have contributed to these results.
对1961年至1970年间澳大利亚移民与澳大利亚本土出生者的自杀率及自杀方式进行了比较。在各个移民群体中，自杀率和自杀方式均存在巨大差异。无论移民在澳大利亚居住了多长时间，其自杀率更接近原籍国而非澳大利亚本土出生者。相比之下，移民在澳大利亚居住的时间越长，其自杀方式就越接近澳大利亚本土出生者。来自语言和文化与澳大利亚更相似国家的移民群体，其自杀方式的变化更大。随后讨论了原籍国和澳大利亚境内可能导致这些结果的各种社会学和文化因素。
