Understanding adolescent suicide: a psychosocial interpretation of developmental and contextual factors.
From: Adolescence
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Date: 12/22/2002
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Author: Longwell-Grice, Robert; Portes, Pedro R.; Sandhu, Daya S.
Adolescent suicide remains an international tragedy, yet a common denominator continues to elude researchers. Some adolescents internalize rejection and respond with suicide; other troubled adolescents engage in homicide before ending their own lives. One factor underlying suicide concerns the failure to construct a healthy identity. Using Erikson's theories on identity development as a framework, this paper examines the motives for and contexts of suicide among preadolescents, adolescents, ...
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