1. Suicide amongst the Inuit of Nunavut: An Exploration of Life Trajectories.
- Author
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Affleck W, Chachamovich E, Chawky N, Beauchamp G, Turecki G, and Séguin M
- Subjects
- Humans, Interviews as Topic, Nunavut, Inuit, Suicide, Attempted ethnology
- Abstract
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.
- Published
- 2020
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