@article{ref1,
title="Adolescents' attitudes toward suicide, and a suicidal peer: a comparison between Swedish and Turkish high school students",
journal="Scandinavian journal of psychology",
year="1995",
author="Eskin, Mehmet",
volume="36",
number="2",
pages="201-207",
abstract="The present paper first presents the attitudes toward suicide and a suicidal classmate among 98 female and 69 male (N = 167) Swedish high school students. Secondly, the Swedish sample was compared with 167 (89 female and 78 male) Turkish high school students from a previous study. Among Swedish students, more males than females said that people have the right to commit suicide and suicide can be a solution to some problems. More females than males expressed a belief in life after death. Swedish adolescents were found to be holding more liberal attitudes toward suicide than Turkish adolescents. However, Turkish adolescents showed greater acceptance for a suicidal peer than Swedish adolescents. The results are discussed in terms of socio-cultural factors and related literature. The need for educational programs to provide basic knowledge about suicide and, effective ways of dealing with and helping suicidal peers is implicated.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0036-5564",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}