Three explanations of marital status differences in suicide rates: Social integration, marital status integration, and the culture of suicide

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-190

  Cutright, Phillips ^a   Fernquist, Robert M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 40349091612     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.56.2.c     Document Type: Article

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