Assessing African American adolescents' risk for suicide attempts: Attachment theory

Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 137, 2000, Pages 120-134

  Lyon, Maureen E ^a   Benoit, Marilyn ^b   O'Donnell, Regina M ^b   Getson, Pamela R ^b   Silber, Tomas ^b   Walsh, Thomas ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0034151093     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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