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Citation

Fang CK, Lu HC, Liu SI, Sun YW. Omega (Westport) 2011; 63(3): 255-269.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Suicide Prevention Center, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. fang0415@yahoo.com.tw

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Baywood Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21928599

Abstract

This study aimed to understand the current inclinations toward depression and compulsion for members of four different religious groups, and to predict religious beliefs along the suicide path through analyzing the lifetime prevalence of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts for members of these religious groups. Participants in this cross-sectional study, which adopted purposive sampling, were members of Christianity, Catholicism, Buddhism, and Taoism in northern Taiwan. In the case of suicide experiences, suicides among people one knows, and tendency toward compulsion and depression, there are statistical differences between the four religions. According to the results, some people with suicidal tendency will attend religious activities; therefore, we predict that religious beliefs play an important role in suicide prevention.


Language: en

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