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The Vulnerability of Young Japanese Women and Suicide
Author(s) -
Iga Mamoru,
Yamamoto Joe,
Noguchi Thomas
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1975.tb00129.x
Subject(s) - phenomenon , vulnerability (computing) , personality psychology , authoritarianism , psychology , suicide rates , social psychology , developmental psychology , suicide prevention , democracy , poison control , political science , personality , medical emergency , medicine , computer security , politics , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , law
Young Japanese females had the highest suicide rate in the world until the end of the 1960s, and it is still extremely high. This paper attempts to explain this phenomenon primarily in terms of vulnerability —in their personalities, social conditions, and role conflicts. Concomitant psychological traits and social conditions are discussed. The cultural conflict of young Japanese women is explicated in terms of psychological and historical information. In addition, the reasons for the differences between the suicide rates among females in the Tokyo area and the Kyoto‐Osaka area are explored largely in terms of concepts relating to authoritarianism and its correlates.