title: Microsocionomics versus macrosocionomics as a model for examining suicide.
abstract: The role of social variables in suicide is examined from a microsocionomic and a macrosocionomic perspective. As an example, the influence of divorce on suicide is explored and hypothesized to differ for the individual and for the society as a whole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*