Computer analysis of the content of suicide notes from men and women

Psychological Reports

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 575-576

  Lester, David ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; WRITING;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; WRITING;

EID: 45149116382     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.102.2.575-576     Document Type: Article

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