Cohort Effects on Suicide Rates
International Variations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7598456 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Stockard (0000-0001-6134-7233, corresponding author), Robert M O’brien (0000-0002-8269-2906, University of Oregon) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 854 |
| Publication date | 2002-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3088973 |
| OpenAlex | W2075183502 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 55 |
Recently, the long observed pattern of a monotonic increase in suicide with age has shifted, often dramatically, because more recent birth cohorts have exhibited much higher suicide rates at younger ages than earlier cohorts have. These changes, however, did not occur in all countries. We examine cohort variations in suicide rates in 14 modern, western societies using an extension of the age-period-cohort characteristic model that incorporates hierarchical linear modeling. Results support a general Durkheimian perspective. Birth cohorts experiencing relatively less social integration and regulation, as measured by higher rates of nonmarital births and larger relative cohort size, have higher suicide rates than other cohorts. Societies that provide alternative sources of social integration and regulation, as through collectivist institutions or through greater support for families and children, moderate this tendency. On the other hand, when societies experience rapid social change, the relationship between decreased social integration and regulation and increased suicide rates is stronger, especially for males. These results have implications for stemming the increased suicide rates for youth observed in many contemporary societies
Cohort · Cohort effect · Collectivism · Environmental health · Individualism · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Multilevel model · Poison control · Political science · Population · Social integration · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Suicide rates · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
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Social Science, Social Policy, and Lethal Violence
A Common Explanation for the Changing Age Distributions of Suicide and Homicide in the United States, 1930 to 2000
Suicide, Sociology of
Challenging Normal Science
Lonely in a Crowd
Race Differences in Cohort Effects on Non-Marital Fertility in the United States
Collective Efficacy, Family Attachment, and Urban Adolescent Suicide Attempts
The Durkheim-Tarde debate and the social study of aboriginal youth suicide
A Smoothing Cohort Model in Age-Period-Cohort Analysis With Applications to Homicide Arrest Rates and Lung Cancer Mortality Rates
A Mixed Model Estimation of Age, Period, and Cohort Effects
Health, Income, and Suicidal Ideation Among Older Adults in South Korea
Offender trajectories, crime trends, and costs
Intergenerational differences in antenatal care and supervised deliveries in Nigeria
Contributing Factors for High Homicide Rate in Latin America
Birth and Fortune Revisited
Social Determinants of Suicides in the Czech Republic between 1995 and 2010
Generational variations in wellbeing
Race Differences in Cohort Effects on Non-Marital Fertilityin the United States
Cohort Variations and Changes in Age-Specific Suicide Rates over Time
Cohort Variations in Suicide Rates among Families of Nations
Social Estrangement and Psychological Distress before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Institutional Failures as Structural Determinants of Suicide
Tears, Trauma and Suicide
Durkheim's scenography of suicide
The Sociology of Suicide
Social Control and Youth Suicidality
Explaining Changing Suicide Rates in Norway 1948-2004
Nonmarital Fertility and the Effects of Divorce Rates on Youth Suicide Rates
Social forces in urban suicide.
Durkheim’s Suicide
International Historical Statistics Europe 1750–1988
Suicide
Suicide
The Institutional Context of Population Change
Durkheim's Theory of Suicide as Applied to the Family
Peer relations and the development of competence in boys and girls
The Unmarried Mother and Her Child
Status Integration and Suicide
Bayesian Model Selection in Social Research
Cohort size and age-specific suicide rates
Variations in Age-Specific Homicide Death Rates
White Male Suicide in the United States
Cohort Variations and Changes in Age-Specific Suicide Rates over Time
Relative Cohort Size and Age‐specific Arrest Rates
Relative Cohort Size and Age‐specific Crime Rates
Inequality, Welfare State, and Homicide
Gender and relationships
Grundlagen der Sozialtheorie [Foundations of Social Theory]. Handlungen und Handlungssysteme
National Context, Social Change, and Sex Differences in Suicide Rates
The social meanings of suicide
Modeling Durkheim on the Micro Level
Cohorts, Regimes, and the Legitimation of Democracy
Family of Origin and Cohort Differences in Verbal Ability
Durkheim's One Cause of Suicide
Relative Cohort Size and Fertility
Durkheim, Suicide, and Religion
"A Test of Durkheim's Theory of Suicide--Without Committing the "Ecological Fallacy
Violent deaths in the United States, 1900-1975
Political Alienation, Cohort Size, and the Easterlin Hypothesis
Social Causation or Social Construction of Suicide? An Investigation into the Social Organization of Official Rates
Death from non-war violence
The Effect of Divorce on Suicide in Finland
A Longitudinal Analysis of Divorce and Suicide in Canada
The Impact of Divorce on Suicide in Norway, 1951-1980
Cross-National Evidence on Homicide and the Age Structure of the Population
Durkheim's Theory of Suicide as Applied to the Family
The Effect of Modernization on Suicide in Finland
Age Patterns of Suicide and Homicide Mortality Rates in High-Income Nations
Attitudes Toward Women's Familial Roles
The Effect of Divorce on Suicide in Denmark, 1951-1980
A Comparative Analysis of Durkheim's Theory of Egoistic Suicide
Age Structure, Socio-Political Institutions, and National Homicide Rates
Vote Turnout of Nineteenth Amendment Women
Aging, Cohorts, and the Stability of Sociopolitical Orientations Over the Life Span
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The Enduring Effects of Cohort Characteristics on Age-Specific Homicide Rates, 1960-1995
Societal Integration and Age-Standardized Suicide Rates in 21 Developed Countries, 1955-1989
| Unique citing works | 29 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,46 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2025 (24) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 32 |