Social reactions to attempted suicide: The effects of gender and physical attractiveness

Omega

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-100

  VanWinkle, Deanna L ^a,b   Calhoun, Lawrence G ^a   Cann, Arnie ^a   Tedeschi, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 22444456101     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NVLD-RPA4-M3FD-K47H     Document Type: Article

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