Can personality predict suicidality? A study in two cultures

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-239

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed ^a   Lester, David ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; EGO IDENTITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036711355     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076402128783271     Document Type: Article

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