Relationship of IQ to suicide and homicide rate: An international perspective

Psychological Reports

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-112

  Templer, Donald I ^a   Connelly, Heather Joy ^a   Lester, David ^b   Arikawa, Hiroko ^c   Mancuso, Leah ^a  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SUICIDE   (United States)

^c Forest Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHINA; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTELLIGENCE; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248586861     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.100.1.108-112     Document Type: Article

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