Ethnic differences in adolescent self-poisoning: a comparison of Asian and Caucasian groups
- 30 June 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Adolescence
- Vol. 14 (2) , 157-162
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0140-1971(91)90028-p
Abstract
A study of self-poisoning in 25 Asian and 25 Caucasian adolescents is presented. Cultural conflicts were the most important factors in the parasuicidal behaviour of Asian children, whereas a variety of factors accounted for the parasuicidal behaviour of Caucasians with a predominance of a disrupted family background. There was little difference in the type of poisoning and the degree of pre-planning between the two groups.Keywords
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