Microsocionomics versus macrosocionomics as a model for examining suicide.
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.
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Department of Economics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Yang
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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*