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IMATION OF AMOK AND AMOK-SUICIDE
Author(s) -
Armin Schmidtke,
Sylvia Schaller,
I. MILLER
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
kriz dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-7350
pISSN - 1300-980X
DOI - 10.1501/kriz_0000000182
Subject(s) - imitation , psychology , aggression , mood , suicide prevention , poison control , social psychology , medicine , medical emergency
İn the scientific literatüre there is no doubt that imitation effects on aggression and suicide exist. The reporting or portrayal of aggressive or suicidal behaviour might be influential in the short and long term. Previous data suggest that also amok behaviour might be imitated. An analysis of 132 reports of amok events for the time period 01. 01. 1993 - 30. 06. 2000 in two majör German nevvspapers shovved that the majority of amok events are not distributed by chance över time. Most amok events follovv an other event in a period of time vvhich is within the

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