Suicide amongst the Inuit of Nunavut: An Exploration of Life Trajectories
This article reports results of the life trajectories from 92 Inuit who died by suicide, matched for age and gender with 92 living-controls. A proxy-based procedure and semi-structured interviews with informants were conducted to obtain trajectories of developmental events occurring over the life co...
| Published in: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17061812 https://doaj.org/article/6e3afb3a5bf94e7c999e6059795e1e38 |
| Summary: | This article reports results of the life trajectories from 92 Inuit who died by suicide, matched for age and gender with 92 living-controls. A proxy-based procedure and semi-structured interviews with informants were conducted to obtain trajectories of developmental events occurring over the life course for suicide and community-matched controls. Results from this research indicate two different trajectories that differentiate the control-group from the suicide-group throughout the life course. Even though the number of suicide attempts are similar between both groups, the suicide-group had a more important burden of adversity, which seemed to create a cascading effect, leading to suicide. |
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