The interrelations of agency, depression, and suicidal ideation among older adults

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-171

  Hobbs, Mitchell ^a   McLaren, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHARACTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VICTORIA;

EID: 67649324417     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.2.161     Document Type: Article

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