Psychometric properties of the Revised Facts on Suicide Quiz in Austrian medical and psychology undergraduates

Death Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 937-950

  Voracek, Martin ^a   Tran, Ulrich S ^a   Sonneck, Gernot ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Medical University of Vienna and Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research   (Austria)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249084913     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180802440514     Document Type: Article

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