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==Studies==

==Studies==

The “Faith in Flux: Changes in Religious Affiliation in the U.S.” found that more than 16 percent of all Americans were were unaffiliated.<ref name=Population>{{Cite web|title=Study: Ranks of religiously unaffiliated remain open to faith|url=http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/4035/53/|quote=The “Faith in Flux: Changes in Religious Affiliation in the U.S.” study involved in-depth interviews with more than 2,800 people who had responded to the earlier “U.S. Religious Landscape Survey," which found that more than 16 percent of all Americans were not affiliated with any particular religious group.|publisher=[[Associated Baptist Press]]|author=Robert Marus|accessdate=13 November 2010}}</ref>

The “Faith in Flux: Changes in Religious Affiliation in the U.S.” study found that more than 16 percent of all Americans were were unaffiliated.<ref name=Population>{{Cite web|title=Study: Ranks of religiously unaffiliated remain open to faith|url=http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/4035/53/|quote=The “Faith in Flux: Changes in Religious Affiliation in the U.S.” study involved in-depth interviews with more than 2,800 people who had responded to the earlier “U.S. Religious Landscape Survey," which found that more than 16 percent of all Americans were not affiliated with any particular religious group.|publisher=[[Associated Baptist Press]]|author=Robert Marus|accessdate=13 November 2010}}</ref>

According to the [[American Psychiatric Association]], "religiously unaffiliated subjects had significantly more lifetime suicide attempts and more first-degree relatives who committed suicide than subjects who endorsed a religious affiliation."<ref name=Religion>{{Cite web|title=Religious Affiliation and Suicide Attempt|url=http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/161/12/2303|quote=Religiously unaffiliated subjects had significantly more lifetime suicide attempts and more first-degree relatives who committed suicide than subjects who endorsed a religious affiliation. Unaffiliated subjects were younger, less often married, less often had children, and had less contact with family members. Furthermore, subjects with no religious affiliation perceived fewer reasons for living, particularly fewer moral objections to suicide. In terms of clinical characteristics, religiously unaffiliated subjects had more lifetime impulsivity, aggression, and past substance use disorder.|publisher=[[American Psychiatric Association]]|author=Michael Martin|accessdate=13 November 2010}}</ref> Moreover, individuals with no religious affiliation had fewer moral objections to suicide than believers.<ref name=Religion>{{Cite web|title=Religious Affiliation and Suicide Attempt|url=http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/161/12/2303|quote=Religiously unaffiliated subjects had significantly more lifetime suicide attempts and more first-degree relatives who committed suicide than subjects who endorsed a religious affiliation. Unaffiliated subjects were younger, less often married, less often had children, and had less contact with family members. Furthermore, subjects with no religious affiliation perceived fewer reasons for living, particularly fewer moral objections to suicide. In terms of clinical characteristics, religiously unaffiliated subjects had more lifetime impulsivity, aggression, and past substance use disorder.|publisher=[[American Psychiatric Association]]|author=Michael Martin|accessdate=13 November 2010}}</ref>

According to the [[American Psychiatric Association]], "religiously unaffiliated subjects had significantly more lifetime suicide attempts and more first-degree relatives who committed suicide than subjects who endorsed a religious affiliation."<ref name=Religion>{{Cite web|title=Religious Affiliation and Suicide Attempt|url=http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/161/12/2303|quote=Religiously unaffiliated subjects had significantly more lifetime suicide attempts and more first-degree relatives who committed suicide than subjects who endorsed a religious affiliation. Unaffiliated subjects were younger, less often married, less often had children, and had less contact with family members. Furthermore, subjects with no religious affiliation perceived fewer reasons for living, particularly fewer moral objections to suicide. In terms of clinical characteristics, religiously unaffiliated subjects had more lifetime impulsivity, aggression, and past substance use disorder.|publisher=[[American Psychiatric Association]]|author=Michael Martin|accessdate=13 November 2010}}</ref> Moreover, individuals with no religious affiliation had fewer moral objections to suicide than believers.<ref name=Religion>{{Cite web|title=Religious Affiliation and Suicide Attempt|url=http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/161/12/2303|quote=Religiously unaffiliated subjects had significantly more lifetime suicide attempts and more first-degree relatives who committed suicide than subjects who endorsed a religious affiliation. Unaffiliated subjects were younger, less often married, less often had children, and had less contact with family members. Furthermore, subjects with no religious affiliation perceived fewer reasons for living, particularly fewer moral objections to suicide. In terms of clinical characteristics, religiously unaffiliated subjects had more lifetime impulsivity, aggression, and past substance use disorder.|publisher=[[American Psychiatric Association]]|author=Michael Martin|accessdate=13 November 2010}}</ref>