Ethnic groups differ in rates of suicidal behaviors among youths, the context within which
suicidal behavior occurs (eg, different precipitants, vulnerability and protective factors, and …

Since Durkheim's classic work on suicide, sociological attention to understanding the roots
of self-destruction has been inconsistent. In this review, we use three historical periods of …

OBJECTIVES: To determine if racial and ethnic subgroups of adolescents are at high risk for
engagement in suicidal behaviors. METHODS: Using the nationally representative school …

Starting in the late 1970s, tens of thousands of American industrial workers lost jobs in
factories and mines. Deindustrialization had dramatic effects on those workers and their …

Objective. This article addresses the relationship between suicide mortality and family
structure and socioeconomic status for US adult men and women. Methods. We use Cox …

The suicide rate among American adolescents between the ages of 14–25 has dramatically
increased during the last 50 years, and this fact has been the focus of extensive social …

The current paper provides a comprehensive research review of gender differences in rates
of and risk factors for adolescent suicidal behavior in four main US cultural subgroups …

Life expectancy for US White men and women declined between 2013 and 2017. Initial
explanations for the decline focused on increases in “deaths of despair”(ie, deaths from …

Previous research on educational aspirations has focused almost exclusively on micro-level
predictors of educational aspirations. Notably absent from these studies are measures …

Although there is a well-known link between adverse experiences and suicidal ideation,
there has been little study of the effects of recent adverse experiences on suicidal ideation in …