The role of attachment styles and interpersonal problems in suicide-related behaviors

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 592-607

  Stepp, Stephanie D ^a,c   Morse, Jennifer Q ^a   Yaggi, Kirsten E ^a   Reynolds, Sarah K ^a   Reed, L Ian ^b   Pilkonis, Paul A ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 58149477392     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2008.38.5.592     Document Type: Article

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