The heavy metal subculture and suicide

Author(s): Gundlach, J., Reeves, J. L.

Journal/Book: Suicide Life-Threaten Behav. 1994; 24: 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012. Guilford Press. 15-23.

Abstract: The impact of the heavy metal music subculture on suicide has been the subject of much public debate but little scholarly research. The present paper assesses this relationship with data on heavy metal magazine subscriptions and youth suicide in the 50 states. We find that, controlling for other predictors of suicide, the greater the strength of the metal subculture, the higher the youth suicide rate. The music perhaps nurtures suicidal tendencies already present in the subculture. The model explains 51% of the variance in youth suicide.

Note: Article S Stack, Wayne State Univ, Dept Sociol, Detroit, MI 48202 USA

Keyword(s): MUSIC; ADOLESCENTS; BEHAVIOR; DIVORCE; ; Adult ; Cross Sectional Studies; Incidence ; Social Class; Social Identification; Social Values; Suicide prevention and control; Suicide statistics and numerical data; United States epidemiology. Music ; Social Conformity; Suicide psychology. Female; Human; Male

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