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3394883

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
Studies of imitative suicide by viewers of fictional depictions of suicide in television films have produced contradictory findings. Using a nationwide sample of cases of suicide, the author found no evidence for increased numbers of suicides after broadcast of three films. However, some support was found for an imitation effect specific to the depiction of a suicide method in one of these films (p less than 0.05). To the extent that fictional presentations of suicide may serve as stimuli for imitative behavior, the effect appears to depend on a complex interaction among characteristics of the stimulus, the observer of that stimulus, and conditions of time and geography.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0002-953X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
145
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
982-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Fictional depiction of suicide in television films and imitation effects.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, American University, Washington, DC 20016.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't