Social hopelessness and college student suicide ideation

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-235

  Heisel, Marni J ^a,d   Flett, Gordon L ^b   Hewitt, Paul L ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; College; Depression; Hopelessness; Social; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038159363     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110301557     Document Type: Article

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