External versus internal attributions in suicide and their implications for crisis intervention and suicide prevention

Psychological Reports

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 393-396

  Lester, David ^a   Young, Lin ^b  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE;

CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; SUICIDE;

EID: 0033202340     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.85.2.393     Document Type: Article

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