The effects of religious versus secular education on suicide ideation and suicidal attitudes in adolescents in Turkey

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 536-542

  Eskin, Mehmet ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Religious versus secular education; Suicide and suicidal attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SECULARISM; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TURKEY;

EID: 5744246255     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-004-0769-x     Document Type: Article

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