The escape theory of suicide in college students: Testing a model that includes perfectionism

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-186

  Dean, Paul J ^a   Range, Lillian M ^a   Goggin, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STUDENTS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0030054521     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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