All subjects were at least 5-year residents of the State, in good health, enrolled in public school, living at home, and between the ages of 14 and 19. Descriminant analyses were performed for family environment, social environment, and self-perception domains. In the subdomain of family environment, parental relations had the highest correlation; suicide attempters generally had very negative relations with their parents. In their social environments, the subjects' relations in order of magnitude were to school, friends, country, cult membership, and church. Self-perception showed significant differences between the groups in terms of self-esteem and mental status, while physical symptoms were less strongly correlated. 4 tables and 22 references