SUICIDE AND CULTURE

Mehmet Eskin

Article Details

SUICIDE AND CULTURE

Authors:

Mehmet Eskin

Publisher:

Beirut Arab University Press

Journal:

BAU Journal - Health and Wellbeing Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001950822

pISSN:

2789-8288

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Abstract:

 The rates of suicidal ideation, attempts and mortality present a large intersocietal variation. This variation is usually attributed to the role of culture, but the issue is still poorly understood. How does culture contribute to the intersocietal or cross-cultural variation of suicidal behavior? How culture might be involved in the onset, maintenance and aggravation of suicidal tendencies? In this paper, I will be discussing possible mechanisms of culture for the onset, maintenance and aggravation of suicidal propensities. Specifically, I will be examining the role of religion, individualistic-collectivistic value orientations, self-construal and survival versus self-expression values for their relevance to suicidal behavior and its intersocietal variation. The article highlights some conceptual and methodological issues together with some future directions for research on the possible role of culture in suicidal process.

Article Details

SUICIDE AND CULTURE

Authors:

Mehmet Eskin

Publisher:

Beirut Arab University Press

Journal:

BAU Journal - Health and Wellbeing Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001950822

pISSN:

2789-8288

Suicidal behavior

intersocietal variation

culture

values

Issues

Article Details

SUICIDE AND CULTURE

Authors: Mehmet Eskin

Publisher: Beirut Arab University Press

Journal: BAU Journal - Health and Wellbeing Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.0-0

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2018

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001950822

pISSN: 2789-8288

Suicidal behavior

intersocietal variation

culture

values

Issues

Authors:

Mehmet Eskin

Publisher:

Beirut Arab University Press

Journal:

BAU Journal - Health and Wellbeing Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001950822

pISSN:

2789-8288