Are Suicidal Behaviors Contagious in Adolescence?: Using Longitudinal Data to Examine Suicide Suggestion.
Are Suicidal Behaviors Contagious in Adolescence?: Using Longitudinal Data to Examine Suicide Suggestion.
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DOI：
10.1177/0003122413519445
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发表时间：
2014-04
影响因子：
9.1
通讯作者：
Mueller AS
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作者：
Abrutyn S;Mueller AS
虽然涂尔干认为，强大的社会关系保护个人从自杀，我们认为，这些关系有可能增加个人的脆弱性时，他们暴露于自杀。使用来自国家青少年健康纵向研究的三波数据，我们评估了新的自杀想法和企图是否是对暴露于榜样，特别是朋友和家人的自杀企图的部分反应。我们发现，榜样的自杀企图实际上确实会引发新的自杀想法，甚至在某些情况下会尝试自杀，即使在引入了重要的控制措施之后。此外，我们发现这些影响会随着时间的推移而消退，女孩比男孩更容易受到影响，而且与榜样的关系至少对青少年来说很重要。朋友似乎是男孩和女孩更突出的榜样。我们的研究结果表明，在重要的人身上暴露自杀行为可能会教会个人处理情绪困扰的新方法，即自杀。这强化了社交网络的结构和内容决定了它们在预防自杀方面的作用。具体来说，社会关系不仅可以是社会支持的渠道，也可以是反社会行为的渠道，比如自杀。
Though Durkheim argued that strong social relationships protect individuals from suicide, we posit that these relationships have the potential to increase individuals’ vulnerability when they expose them to suicidality. Using three waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we evaluate whether new suicidal thoughts and attempts are in part responses to exposure to the suicide attempts of role models, specifically friends and family. We find that the suicide attempts of role models do in fact trigger new suicidal thoughts and in some cases attempts, even after significant controls are introduced. Moreover, we find that these effects fade with time, that girls are more vulnerable to them than boys, and that the relationship to the role model—for teenagers at least—matters. Friends appear to be more salient role models for both boys and girls. Our findings suggest that exposure to suicidal behaviors in significant others may teach individuals new ways to deal with emotional distress, namely by becoming suicidal. This reinforces the idea that the structure – and content – of social networks conditions their role in preventing suicidality. Specifically, social ties can be conduits of not just social support, but also anti-social behaviors, like suicidality.
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