Citation

Lester D. Omega (Westport) 2012; 64(1): 83-94.

Affiliation

The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Galloway, NJ 08205-9441, USA. lesterd@stockton.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Baywood Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22372370

Abstract

Scholars sometimes stress that it is important to know the individual meaning of suicide and the cultural meaning of suicide, but the meaning of these terms remains unclear. The present article discusses this problem and suggests that the individual meaning of suicide is best based on the motives for suicide, while the cultural meaning of suicide is best rooted in the lay theories of suicide in which the members of cultures and subcultures believe.

Language: en