The Birthday Blues
A Study of a Large Hungarian Sample (1970–2002)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13630666 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tamás Zonda (Hungarian Association for Suicide Prevention, Budapest, Hungary, corresponding author), Károly Bozsonyi (0000-0003-0721-5007, Károli Gáspár University, Budapest, Hungary), Z Kmetty (0000-0002-6775-8938, Károli Gáspár University, Budapest, Hungary), Elõd Veres (Institute of Health Strategy, Ministry of Health, Budapest, Hungary), D Lester (0000-0003-1357-8672, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Galloway, NJ, USA) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-94 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0030222815575704 |
| OpenAlex | W2304615524 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
The present study analyzed a large sample of 133,421 suicides in Hungary (for the period 1970–2002) for the birthday blues phenomenon. The number of suicides taking place on the individuals’ birthdays was compared with the number expected using chi-square tests. More suicides occurred on birthdays for men of all ages and for women over the age of 60. The birthday blues phenomenon was found for urban and rural suicides, for all marital statuses and for both violent and nonviolent methods for suicide. Possible explanations for these results were discussed
Art history · Blues · Marital status · Medical emergency · Phenomenon · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Suicide rates · Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies · Demography · History · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Medicine · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |