Does information that a suicide victim was psychiatrically disturbed reduce the likelihood of contagion?

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 781-785

  Higgins, Linda ^b   Range, Lillian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030140483     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1996.tb01130.x     Document Type: Article

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