Citation

Lester D. Stress Med. 1991; 7(2): 129-131.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, John Wiley and Sons)

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Abstract

By 1987, 8.7% of the deaths of the men and 5.2% of the deaths of the women in Terman's sample of gifted children were from suicide. Four variables distinguished those who killed themselves at a young age from those committing suicide later: the length of pregnancy, the length of breast feeding, loss of father by death or divorce, and a lower desire to excel.