- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- A comparative analysis of the attitudes of black male and black female college students toward suicide, 1990
- Creator:
- Box, Doris Renee
- Date of Original:
- 1990-07-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The intent of this study was to examine the degree to which general beliefs about suicide, personal closeness/ beliefs, religious beliefs toward suicide and general knowledge influences the attitudes of black college males and females toward suicide.The subjects of this study were 32 participants;17 were black female and 15 were black male college students who attend Clark Atlanta University. The instrument used in the comparative study was a 34 item, self-administered questionnaire which was designed by the researcher and adapted from Suicide Opinion Questionnaire designed by George Domino colleges. A series of questions were developed using both a Likert scale and a True/False measurement of responses.The analysis was completed utilizing the statistical package for the Social Sciences X (SPSSX). The t-test was used to test significance differences. The results of this study found that there is no statistically significant difference in the attitudes of black male and black female college students toward suicide.It can be concluded that the attitudes of Black male and Black female college students toward suicide is guided by general beliefs about suicide, personal closeness/beliefs, religious beliefs toward suicide, and general knowledge about suicide.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1990_box_doris_renee.pdf
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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