Attitudes toward suicide among South African secondary school pupils

Psychological Reports

Volumn 83, Issue 3 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1259-1265

  Peltzer, Karl ^a   Cherian, Varghese I ^b   Cherian, Lily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0032235206     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.3f.1259     Document Type: Article

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