title: The missing piece: a sociological autopsy of firearm suicide in the United States.
abstract: Social, economic, violence, political, and gun access predictors of suicide and gun suicide were examined via sociological autopsy. The model predicting suicide rates overall had the best results, χ(2) (9, N=50)=5.279 (CMIN, the goodness of fit statistic that represents the minimum discrepancy between the unrestricted sample covariance matrix and the restricted covariance matrix) p=.809, [the goodness of fit statistic that represents the minimum discrepancy between the unrestricted sample covariance matrix and the restricted covariance matrix] indicating an excellent fit of the data and theoretical model. The model explained 76% of the variance in state suicide rates and was a significantly better predictor than one could expect by chance, F(6,43)=22.889, p<.001). All path coefficients were significant predictors of suicide with the exception of violence climate, which was not included. This study contributes to the theoretical knowledge by adding a comprehensive framework of analysis and model useful for prevention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, North Quad 243F, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA. gslater@bsu.edu
authors.forename: Greta Yoder
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Slater
mesh_terms: D005389:Firearms; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011057:Politics; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States