Optimism and suicide ideation among young adult college students

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-185

  Hirsch, Jameson K ^a,b   Conner, Kenneth R ^a   Duberstein, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

College student; Optimism; Suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; SUICIDE; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947637638     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110701249988     Document Type: Article

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