Risk-taking and reasons for living in non-clinical Italian University students

Death Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 751-762

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a,b   Lester, David ^c   Innamorati, Marco ^a   Narciso, Valentina ^a   Vento, Alessandro ^a   De Pisa, Eleonora ^a   Tatarelli, Roberto ^a   Girardi, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; SUICIDE; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34547500501     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180701490727     Document Type: Article

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