Thought suppression and suicidal ideation: Preliminary evidence in support of a robust association

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 758-763

  Pettit, Jeremy W ^a   Temple, Samuel R ^a   Norton, Peter J ^a   Yaroslavsky, Ilya ^a   Grover, Kelly E ^a   Morgan, Sharon T ^b   Schatte, Dawnelle J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrusive thoughts; Suicidal ideation; Suicide; Thought suppression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; STUDENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; THINKING; THOUGHT SUPRESSION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRESSION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149084931     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20512     Document Type: Article

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