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Werther effect: a standalone construct

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Werthereffect1 CONSTRUCTWerther effectPHILLIPS · CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Clinical psychology

an increase in suicides following widely publicized suicide stories, attributed to suggestion and imitation.

In clinical psychology, Werther effect refers to an increase in suicides following widely publicized suicide stories, attributed to suggestion and imitation. This meaning comes from Phillips (1974) in American Sociological Review.[1]

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  1. Phillips, D. P. (1974). The Influence of Suggestion on Suicide: Substantive and Theoretical Implications of the Werther Effect. American Sociological Review, 39(3), 340. https://doi.org/10.2307/2094294

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