Saina zhao
Soc 206
Writing Assignment 1
01/26/2017
Teen Suicides Analysis
Some people may remember the day in February 6, 2014, a 20-year–old OSU
student, who intentionally jumped from Bloss Hall and over his young live in that
snow day. At the same month, I waked up after midnight because of a phone call
and I was told that my friend was attempted to suicide. I drove to that girl’s
apartment to persuade her ending this thought. We all think death is far from us, but
it is true that death just around us. Suicide is the second leading cause of death
among teenagers and young adults in the United States. On average, adolescents
aged 15 to 19 years have an annual suicide rate of about 1 in 10,000 people. Among
youths 12 to 16 year of age, up to 10% of boys and 20% of girls have considered
suicide. This awful statistic should attract attention from most people, who have
children in their families. Suicidal behavior is the result of the teenager’s
dysfunctional adjustment to psychological and environmental circumstances.
Aspects of depression and stress have been cited in research studies as prodromal
clues in attempted and completed suicides (Stack, 1985). Also, the roles of family
and peers have been examined in the same contexts.
The teen years are an anxious and unsettling period when boys and girls face
the troubles in transition into adulthood. It is a period in life which is often
confusing, leaving teens feeling isolated from family or peers. In this case, family
influences seems to be crucial key to effect teens’ suicide behavior. In the article
“Adolescent Suicide: A Review of Influences and the Means for Prevention.”, the
author Wodarski claims, “The family as the integral formation model has a distinct
effect on the child. In the early years, foundations of trust and love are established
for the child within the home (Wodarski, 2015).” In the past 20 years, the growing
incidence of American family dissolutions, and the resulting single-parent
household along with the attendant life-style, makes childhood a difficult period.
Normally, a half-baked family might be the result which children lack of sense of
belonging towards home, because of missing the part of love from father or mother.
Furthermore, single-families have to bear higher household expenses and spend
more time on work, thereby their children are often neglected for reasoning. A lack
of communication within the family has been explored as a variable in attempted
