Examining a model of the relation between religiosity and suicidal ideation in a sample of African American and White college students

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 630-639

  Walker, Rheeda L ^a   Bishop, Shaughna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 31544483052     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 03630234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2005.35.6.630     Document Type: Article

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