Unrealistic Fatalism in U.S. Youth Ages 14 to 22: Prevalence and Characteristics

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-160

  Jamieson, Patrick E ^a   Romer, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Fatalism; Hopelessness; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149036528     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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