Personality, child maltreatment, and substance use: Examining correlates of deliberate self-harm among university students

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 241-251

  Goldstein, Abby L ^a   Flett, Gordon L ^a   Wekerle, Christine ^b   Wall, Anne Marie ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Deliberate self harm; Personality; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449397422     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014847     Document Type: Article

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