Sociocultural determinants of suicide ideation: A comparison between American and Ghanaian college samples

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-171

  Eshun, Sussie ^a  

^a EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; RACE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038148702     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.33.2.165.22779     Document Type: Article

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