The life attitudes schedule-short form: Psychometric properties and correlates of adolescent suicide proneness

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-260

  Rohde, Paul ^a   Seeley, John R ^a   Langhinrichsen Rohling, Jennifer ^b   Rohling, Martin L ^b  

^a OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LIFE ATTITUDES SCHEDULE SHORT FORM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141958133     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.33.3.249.23216     Document Type: Article

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