Sport and physical activity as possible protective factors in relation to adolescent suicide attempts

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 405-413

  Tomori, Martina ^b   Zalar, Bojan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Sport activities; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034216269     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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