The structure of the Reasons for Attempting Suicide Questionnaire (RASQ) in a nonclinical adult population

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 621-628

  Holden, Ronald R ^a   McLeod, Lindsay D ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attempters; Components; Motivations; Reasons; Structure; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034288922     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00214-7     Document Type: Article

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