High school athletic participation and adolescent suicide: A nationwide US study

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-23

  Sabo, Don ^a,d   Miller, Kathleen E ^b,e   Melnick, Merrill J ^c   Farrell, Michael P ^b   Barnes, Grace M ^b,e  

^a D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Athletic participation and gender; Health; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844466893     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690205052160     Document Type: Article

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