The role of American Christian and Japanese Buddhist clergy in suicide prevention : a comparison of different religious and cultural approaches to counseling /

The purpose of this study is to examine American and Japanese clergy's perception of their role in the prevention of suicide. The research questions are: (1) How do clergy in the US and Japan perceive suicide?; (2) Do they see suicide differently?; and (3) How do they envision the role of suici...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hirono, Tatsushi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Suicide > United States > Prevention.
Suicide > Japan > Prevention.
Pastoral counseling > United States.
Pastoral counseling > Japan.
Suicide > États-Unis > Prévention.
Suicide > Japon > Prévention.
Counseling pastoral > États-Unis.
Counseling pastoral > Japon.
RELIGION > Counseling.
PSYCHOLOGY > Suicide.
Pastoral counseling
Suicide > Prevention
Japan
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. The role of the clergy
  • Chapter 2. Using both quantitative and qualitative methods
  • Chapter 3. Clergy's views on prevention, obligation, sin, counseling, and resources: results of the quantitative analysis
  • Chapter 4. Analyzing "why" and "where" cultural/religious differences came from: results of the qualitative questions
  • Chapter 5. Discussion by analyzing close-ended questions
  • Chapter 6. Discusssion by analyzing open-ended questions
  • Chapter 7. Conclusion: policy implications and limitation of this research
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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