Suicide, high-risk behaviors, and coping style in homeless adolescent males' adjustment

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-243

  Votta, Elizabeth ^a   Manion, Ian ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Canada; Coping style; Gender differences; Homeless male youth; Risk taking behaviors; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOBACCO;

EID: 1242351515     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00271-4     Document Type: Article

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