Adolescent Suicide

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Portes, Sandhu, and Longwell-Grice. “Understanding Adolescent Suicide: A Psychological Interpretation of Developmental and Contextual Factors.” Pro Quest. N.p. Winter 2002. Web. 29 April. 2014.
Portes, Sandhu, and Longwell-Grice’s article “Understanding Adolescent Suicide: A Psychological Interpretation of Developmental and Contextual Factors” discusses adolescent suicide, and the factors that influence the idea of suicide in adolescents. The purpose of the study is to observe the main causes of suicide among three different groups; preadolescent, adolescent, and young adults (806).
Portes, Sandhu, and Longwell-Grice acknowledge how experiences as a preadolescent can affect future characteristics of a person. Many people believe preadolescents are unable to have thoughts of suicide planning because of their innocence, but they are wrong. Considering death can be an idea from almost anyone. Children who lack confidence tend to be at a higher risk of suicide. Most children have an adult they can tell anything, those who don’t will not be able to adjust to future problems. Being hesitant and reluctant to communicating with problems is an important aspect to solving problems. Lacking communication can lead to self-doubt, and the feeling of being alone (807).
Portes, Sandhu, and Longwell- Grice claim that issues received by adolescents are caused by the lack of parent support and a negative family relationship. The phase of being an adolescent is discovering an identity. Most adolescents have a hard time choosing an identity that would fit into the social world, which causes them to select an identity unlike their true self. Establishing an Identity is not the only problem for adolescents, they also have external c...

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...e article with ways to stop suicide (809,812).
In “Suicide Note” by Janice Mirikitani, the speaker experiences academic stress due to her parent’s high expectations, which causes her to commit suicide. This relates to the article because the author’s explain how academic stress can lead to suicide. “Some teenagers come from families with high expectations which …are often too much to handle” (808). The quote from the article emphasizes the connection it has with the poem.
This source was quite difficult to find, but it has brought great value to my research. It was much easier to comprehend compared to my first source which was a positive thing. I found this source not only informative but also intriguing to me. Most of the facts were surprising, because I would have guessed the rates it had. I enjoyed this article a lot, and I hope to find another one like it.

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