Knowledge about suicide and local suicide prevalence: comparison of Estonia and Austria |
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Authors: | Kõlves Kairi Tran Ulrich S Voracek Martin |
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Affiliation: | Estonian-Swedish Mental Health & Suicidology Institute, Estonian Centre of Behavioral and Health Sciences, Tallinn. |
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Abstract: | Knowledge about suicide might be positively correlated with local suicide prevalence. This hypothesis was tested with a sample of 107 medical and social science undergraduates from Estonia, a country with a high suicide rate, using Hubbard and McIntosh's 1992 Revised Facts on Suicide Quiz. Compared (independent-groups t tests) with a sample of undergraduates from Austria, which has a markedly lower suicide rate, Estonians presented significantly higher overall knowledge about suicide (d = 0.39), particularly concerning demographic and epidemiological facts about suicide (d = 0.77) but not pertaining to clinical and interpersonal knowledge contents (d = -0.06). Study limitations and suggestions for extension of this preliminary inquiry are discussed. |
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