Youth Suicide Rates and Mormon Religious Context: An Additional Empirical Analysis

Knoll presents a wide range of evidence examining the relationship between Mormon culture/norms/rhetoric and youth suicide rates in the Mormon community, especially among LGBT youths. He also determines the effect of the proportion of individuals in all US states and the District of Columbia that id...

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Published in:Dialogue (Salt Lake City, Utah) Utah), 2016-07, Vol.49 (2), p.25-44
Main Author: Knoll, Benjamin
Format: Article
Language:English
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ARTICLES AND ESSAYS
Culture
Gays & lesbians
LGBTQ people
Mormon Studies
Mormonism
Norms
Religions and Theologies
Rhetoric
Suicides & suicide attempts
Teenagers
Young adults
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Summary:Knoll presents a wide range of evidence examining the relationship between Mormon culture/norms/rhetoric and youth suicide rates in the Mormon community, especially among LGBT youths. He also determines the effect of the proportion of individuals in all US states and the District of Columbia that identify as Mormon on the per-capita rates of suicide among youths in those states aged 15 to 19 in both 2009 and 2014, the latter being the latest year that such data are currently available from the Centers for Disease Control. Lastly, he looks at both 2009 and 2014 to see if there's a change during that five-year interval as the disconnect between LDS Church rhetoric and societal views on LGBT issues has arguably diverged more strongly in many ways during that time.
ISSN:0012-2157
1554-9399
DOI:10.5406/dialjmormthou.49.2.0025