Childhood physical and sexual abuse and lifetime number of suicide attempts: A persistent and theoretically important relationship

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 539-547

  Joiner Jr , Thomas E ^a   Sachs Ericsson, Natalie J ^a   Wingate, LaRicka R ^a   Brown, Jessica S ^a   Anestis, Michael D ^a   Selby, Edward A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family history; Physical abuse; Sexual abuse; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846366071     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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