Suicidal ideation and the five-factor model of personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 943-952

  Velting, Drew M ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Depression; Neuroticism; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033227980     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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