A comparison of community attitudes towards suicide in Windsor and Los Angeles.

Administered a Suicide Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ; G. Domino et al, 1980) to 103 community adults in Windsor, Canada, and 103 in Los Angeles, California. Samples were matched as to gender, age, and occupational status. Significant differences were obtained on 5 of the 8 SOQ scales, with Windsor Ss showing greater endorsement of agreement on the Mental Illness, Cry for Help, and Right to Die scales and lesser endorsement of agreement on the Religion and Moral Evil scales than Los Angeles Ss. (French abstract) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)