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The influences of society on suicide

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Two recent critiques of sociological research into suicide have claimed that sociologists have not demonstrated the influence ofsociety on suicide. Evidence is presented from factoranalytic studies that a societal effect can be demonstrated.

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  1. Center for the Study of Suicide, RR41, 5 Stonegate Court, 08012, Blackwood, NJ, USA

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Lester, D. The influences of society on suicide. Qual Quant 27, 195–200 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01102732

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