The spreading of suicidal behavior: The contextual effect of community household poverty on adolescent suicidal behavior and the mediating role of suicide suggestion

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 380-389

  Bernburg, Jon Gunnar ^a   Thorlindsson, Thorolfur ^a   Sigfusdottir, Inga D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Adolescent suicidal behavior; Adolescents; Community; Contextual effects; Iceland; Poverty; Suicide suggestion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; EPIDEMIC; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POVERTY; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SUICIDE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 58149481487     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.10.020     Document Type: Article

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