Suicidality and cultural values among Hong Kong adolescents

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 487-498

  Lam, T H ^a   Stewart, Sunita M ^b   Yip, Paul S F ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Ho, L M ^a   Ho, S Y ^a   Lee, Peter W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chinese culture; Hong Kong; Individualism; Suicide; Values

Indexed keywords

SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; INDEPENDENCE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0344495539     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00242-9     Document Type: Article

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