Orlando Osgood
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Orlando Osgood
Orlando Osgood is a freshman student at Wesleyan University prospectively majoring in Music and Social Psychology. He views data analysis as the perfect avenue for putting definitive and quantifiable evidence to otherwise elusive and complex associations between human behaviors and expressions.
Abstract: Exposure to suicidal behavior (ESB) has been identified as a risk factor and possible predictor of attempted suicide. This association is most prominent among adolescents, and is understood as the product of indirectly “learning” to deal with ones own emotional distress by replicating the suicidal behaviors witnessed in close family members or friends. This study observed the AddHealth longitudinal dataset to determine if a similar association bears long-term effects into adulthood. Depressive symptoms were found to be most prominent among those of whom a family member had attempted suicide during their adolescence. In contrast with observable short-term effects, this association was not exacerbated when individuals were exposed at a younger age. Further research should expand to consider the long-term effects of exposure to suicidal behavior, especially as rates of adolescent suicide have risen some 35% in the last 20 years.
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