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Citation

Stack S. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 1987; 17(2): 133-150.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3303464

Abstract

This paper is a critical review of selected methodological issues in the sociological study of suicide. It first distinguishes between two broad research orientations: the micro and macro approaches to the subject. The paper than focuses on a critical assessment of the dominant macro-level methodology. Three recurrent problems are identified: measurement issues on four key variables (suicide and parasuicide, economic conditions, religion, and political conditions such as war); problems in studying the effect of mass media stories on suicide; and reasons why we need to adopt a cross-national method in order to test sociological theories for contextual effects. Partial remedies to many of these problems are discussed.

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