Problem Drinking in the Family and Youth Suicide

Using data from the 1995 Gallup Poll and a 1988 ABC News poll, examines the relationships between problematic drinking in the home and youth suicide rates. The hypothesis that chronic stress, as measured by problem drinking in the home, is related to youth suicide was supported. (MKA)

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Published in:Adolescence 2000-09, Vol.35 (139), p.551-558
Main Author: Fernquist, Robert M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcohol and youth
Alcoholism
Alcoholism - epidemiology
Alcoholism - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Children
Chronic Disease - epidemiology
Families
Families & family life
Family
Family Problems
Family Relations
Female
Home Environment
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Problem drinking
Psychological Stress
Psychology, Adolescent
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Regression Analysis
Self Concept
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Suicide
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
Suicides & suicide attempts
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
United States of America
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Summary:Using data from the 1995 Gallup Poll and a 1988 ABC News poll, examines the relationships between problematic drinking in the home and youth suicide rates. The hypothesis that chronic stress, as measured by problem drinking in the home, is related to youth suicide was supported. (MKA)
ISSN:0001-8449