Lesbian, gay, and bisexual suicidal behavior: Testing a constructivist model

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 272-283

  Mcbee Strayer, Sandra M ^a   Rogers, James R ^b  

^a Canton Child Guidance Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OHIO; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0036741698     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.32.3.272.22171     Document Type: Article

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