Electronic media use and suicidal ideation in Japanese adolescents

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 744-746

  Katsumata, Yotaro ^a   Matsumoto, Toshihiko ^a   Kitani, Masahiko ^a   Takeshima, Tadashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Electronic media; Suicidal ideation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; JAPANESE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE;

EID: 56849108479     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01880.x     Document Type: Article

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