Griffith University

B Sociology (Hons), M Sociology, PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Contact details for Dr Kairi Kolves

Research expertise

• Epidemiology of suicidal behaviour
• Youth suicidal behaviour
• Alcohol in suicidal process
• Cross-cultural comparisons of suicide

Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

• Kolves, K.  Child suicide, family environment and economic crisis (editorial). Crisis, 31(3), 115-17, 2010.
• Kolves, K; Vecchiato, T; Pivetti, M; Barbero, G; Cimitan, A; Tosato, F; De Leo, D.  Non-fatal suicidal behaviour in Padua, Italy, in two different periods: 1992-1996 and 2002-2006. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology doi:10.1007/s00127-010-0251-x, 2010.
• Kolves, K; Ide, N; De Leo, D.  Suicidal ideation and behaviour in the aftermath of marital separation: Gender differences. Journal of Affective Disorders, 120(1-3):48-53,  2010.
• Ide, N; Wyder, M; Kolves, K; De Leo, D. Separation as an important risk factor for suicide: A systematic review. Journal of Family Issues. doi:0192513X10365317v1 2010.
• Sisask, M; Värnik, A; Kolves, K; Bertolote, Jm; Bolhari, J; Botega, Nj; Fleischmann, A; Vijayakumar, L; Wasserman, D.  Is religiosity a protective factor against attempted suicide: a cross-cultural case-control study. Archives of Suicide Research, 14:44-55,  2010.
• Andersen, K; Hawgood, J; Klieve, H; Kolves, K; De Leo, D.  Suicide in selected occupations in Queensland: evidence from the State suicide register. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 44(3):243-9, 2010.
• Heidmets, L; Samm, A; Sisask, M; Kolves, K; Aasvee, K; Värnik,  A.  Sexual behavior in relation to depressiveness and suicidality among Estonian schoolchildren aged 13- to 15-years old. Crisis, 31(3), 128-136, 2010.
• Varnik, P; Värnik, A; Sisask, M; Yur'yev, A; Kolves, K; Leppik, L; Nemtsov, A; Wasserman, D.  Massive increase in injury deaths of undetermined intent in ex-USSR Baltic and Slavic countries: Hidden suicides? Scandinavian Journal for Public Health, 38(4):395-403, 2010.
• Samm, A; Tooding, Lm; Sisask, M; Kolves, K; Aasvee, K; Värnik, A.  Suicidal thoughts and depressive feelings among Estonian schoolchildren in the family-relationship context. European Child and Adolescence Psychiatry, 19(5):457-68,  2010.
• Sisak M, Kolves K, Varnik A: Severity of attempted suicide as measured by the Pierce Suicidal Intent Scale. Crisis, 30(3), 136-43, 2009.
• Kolves K, Ide N, De Leo D: Suicidal ideation and behaviour in the aftermath of marital separation: Gender differences. Journal of Affective Disorders 2009.   
  
• Schneider B, Kolves K, Blettner M, Wetterling T, Schnabel A, Varnik A: Substance use disorders as risk factors for suicide in an Eastern and a Central European city (Tallinn and Frankfurt/Main). Psychiatric Research, 165(3), 263-272, 2009.
• Voracek M, Loibl LM, Swami V, Vintila M, Kolves K, Sinniah D, Pillai S, Subramaniam P, Sonneck G, Furnham A, Lester D. The Beliefs in the Inheritance of Risk Factors for Suicide Scale (BIRFSS): Cross-cultural validation in Estonia, Malaysia, Romania, the UK, and the USA. Suicide & Life-threatening Behavior; 38(6), 688-698, 2009.
• Varnik A, Kolves K, Allik J, Arensman E, Aromaa E, Van Audenhove C, Bouleau JH, Van Der Feltz-cornelis C, Giupponi, G, Gusmao R, Kopp M, Marusic A, Maxwell M, Oskarsson H, Palmer A, Pull C, Realo A,; Reisch H T, Schmidtke A, Sola VP, Witterberg L, Hegerl U: Gender issues in suicide rates, trends and methods among youths aged 15-24 in 15 European countries. Journal of Affective Disorders, 113(3), 216-226, 2009.
• Sisak M, Varnik A, Kolves K, Konstabel K, Wasserman D: Subjective psychological well-being (WHO-5) in assessment of the severity of suicide attempt. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 62(6), 431-435, 2008.
• Samm A, Varnik A, Tooding LM, Sisask M, Kolves K, von Knorring AL: Children's Depression Inventory in Estonia: Single items and factor structure by age and gender. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 17 (3) 162-170, 2008 .
• Varnik A, Kolves K, van der Feltz-Cornelis C, Marusic A, Oskarsson H, Palmer A, Reisch T, Scheerder G, Arensman E, Aromaa E, Giupponi G, Gusmao R, Maxwell M, Pull C, Szekely A, Sola VP, Hegerl U: Suicide methods in Europe - a gender specific analyses of countries participating in the "European Alliance Against Depression". Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62:545-51, 2008.
• Tall K, Kolves K, Sisask M, Varnik A:  Do suicide survivors respond differently when alcohol abuse complicates suicide? Findings from the Psychological autopsy study in Estonia. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 95:129-33, 2008.
• Kolves K, Tran US, Voracek M: Knowledge about suicide and local suicide prevalence: A comparison of Estonia and Austria. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 105:3-7, 2007.
• Vornik A, Kolves K, Vali M, Tooding L-M, Wasserman D:  Do alcohol restrictions reduce suicide mortality? Addiction, 102(2): 251-6, 2007.
• Kolves K, Sisask M, Anion L, Samm A, Varnik A: Factors predicting suicide among Russians in Estonia in comparison with Estonians: case-control study. Croatian Medical Journal, 47(6):869-77, 2006.
• Kolves K, Varnik A, Tooding LM, Wasserman D: The role of alcohol in suicide: a case-control psychological autopsy study. Psychological Medicine, 36(7):923-30, 2006.
• Kolves K, Varnik A, Schneider B, Fritze J, Allik J: Recent life events and suicide; A case-control study in Tallinn and Frankfurt. Social Science and Medicine, 62:2887-96, 2006.
• Varnik A, Kolves K, Sisask M, Samm A, Wasserman D: Suicide mortality and political transition: Russians in Estonia compared to the Estonians in Estonia and the population of Russia. Trames, 10(3):268-77, 2006.
• Vornik A, Kolves K, Wasserman D: Suicide among Russians in Estonia: database study before and after independance. BMJ, 330:176-7, 2005.
• Kolves K, Vornik A: Selvmord og alkohol i det tidligare Sovjetunionen og Estland: studier pa aggregert- og individniva. [Suicide and alcohol in post Soviet Union and Estonia: studies on aggregate and individual level]. Suicidologi, 12(1):24-6, 2007.
• Varnik A, Kolves K: Alkohol suitsiidi riskitegurina. [Alcohol as a suicide risk factor.] Eesti Arst [Estonian Doctor], 85(lisa 6):30-4, 2006.
• Sisask M, Kolves K, Varnik A.: Suitsidaalsus uhiskonnas ja suitsiidikatse sooritamist prognoosivad tegurid. [Suicidality in society and the factors predicting suicide attempt.] Eesti Arst [Estonian Doctor], 83:744-9, 2004.
• Kolves K, Varnik A, Tooding L-M, Vali M, Wasserman D: Alkoholi ja narkootikumide tarbimisharjumused prognoosivad suitsiidi. [Pattern of alcohol and drug consumption are predicting suicide.] Eesti Arst [Estonian Doctor], 83:671-6, 2004.
• Varnik A, Vali M, Kolves K: The pattern of alcohol use among suicidents. Medicina Legalis Baltica, 13:15-20, 2002.
• Varnik.A, Kolves K, Palo E, Tooding L-M: Eesti suitsiidikover on vatnud S-kuju. [Estonian suicide curve has taken S-Shape.] Eesti Arst [Estonian Doctor], 80:141-4, 2001.