title: Societal integration and age-standardized suicide rates in 21 developed countries, 1955-1989.
abstract: Gender-specific age-standardized suicide rates for 21 developed countries over seven 5-year periods (1955-59...1985-89) form the two dependent variables. Durkheim's theory of societal integration is the framework used to generate the independent variables, although several recent theories are also examined.  The results from a MGLS multiple regression analysis of both male and female rates provide overwhelming support for a multidimensional theory of societal integration and suicide, as first suggested by Durkheim.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Fernquist
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cutright
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012951:Socialization; D013405:Suicide / Q000266:history*; D014798:Vital Statistics