Content analysis of suicide notes as a test of the motivational component of the existential-constructivist model of suicide

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-188

  Rogers, James R ^a   Bromley, Jamie L ^b,e   McNally, Christopher J ^a,d   Lester, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 34248583150     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00461.x     Document Type: Article

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