TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Cultural aspects of suicide: The case of Japanese oyako shinju (parent-child suicide)
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Iga, M.
SP  - 87
EP  - 102
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
N2  - The psychocultural view of suicide deals with it in terms of an interaction between personality and environment, especially the social resources available for the individual. Social resources are environmental factors that the individual can use for his tension-reduction and problem-solving. That social resources and personality are involved in Japanese suicide is illustrated by oyako shinju ('parent-child suicide' in Japan; 'murder-suicide' in the United States). It is concluded that social meanings attached to self-destructive behaviour is understandable only by personological, contextualized approaches to suicide.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -