Explaining the gender difference in self-reported suicide attempts: A nationally representative study of Norwegian adolescents

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-116

  Wichstrøm, Lars ^a,b   Rossow, Ingeborg ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PREDICTION; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 18444372345     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.32.2.101.24407     Document Type: Article

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