What role does race play in adolescent suicidal ideation?

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-192

  Gutierrez, Peter M ^a   Muehlenkamp, Jennifer J ^a   Konick, Lisa C ^a   Osman, Augustine ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents race; Suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 18444395283     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110590904025     Document Type: Article

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