Self-blame, social introversion, and male suicides: Prospective data from a longitudinal study

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-27

  Yen, Shirley ^a,c   Siegler, Ilene C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Early adulthood; Male; MMPI; Self blame; Social introversion; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037257430     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110301569     Document Type: Article

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