Hopelessness and loneliness among suicide attempters in school-based samples of Taiwanese, Philippine and Thai adolescents

School Psychology International

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 583-598

  Page, Randy M ^a   Yanagishita, Jun ^a   Suwanteerangkul, Jiraporn ^b   Zarco, Emilia Patricia ^c   Mei Lee, Ching ^d   Miao, Nae Fang ^e  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^c ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Hopelessness; Loneliness; Philippines; Suicide; Suicide attempts; Taiwan; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751196375     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034306073415     Document Type: Article

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