TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a reassessment of the role of divorce in suicide outcomes: evidence from five Pacific Rim populations
AU - Yip, Paul S F
AU - Chen, Ying-Yeh
AU - Yousuf, Saman
AU - Lee, Carmen K M
AU - Kawano, Kenji
AU - Routley, Virginia Hazel
AU - Park, B C Ben
AU - Yamauchi, Takashi
AU - Tachimori, Hisateru
AU - Clapperton, Angela Jayne
AU - Wu, Kevin Chien-Chang
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The connection between divorce and suicide risk in Asia is unclear. To understand the contribution of
cultural transitions to suicide among the divorced, we compare age- and sex-specific suicide rates among
divorced men and women from five Pacific Rim populations: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and the state of Victoria in Australia. On a cultural spectrum, we consider Hong Kong and Taiwan to lie between the more individualistic Australian culture and the more collectivistic Japanese and Korean cultures. Coefficients of aggravation (COA) are also compared.
AB - The connection between divorce and suicide risk in Asia is unclear. To understand the contribution of
cultural transitions to suicide among the divorced, we compare age- and sex-specific suicide rates among
divorced men and women from five Pacific Rim populations: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and the state of Victoria in Australia. On a cultural spectrum, we consider Hong Kong and Taiwan to lie between the more individualistic Australian culture and the more collectivistic Japanese and Korean cultures. Coefficients of aggravation (COA) are also compared.
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953612002547
U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.009
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.009
M3 - Article
SN - 0277-9536
VL - 75
SP - 358
EP - 366
JO - Social Science & Medicine
JF - Social Science & Medicine
IS - 2
ER -
