An inquiry into relationship suicides and reciprocity

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 482-498

  Davis, Mark S ^a   Callanan, Valerie J ^b   Lester, David ^c   Haines, Janet ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; GUILT; HUMAN RELATION; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECIPROCITY; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; TASMANIA;

EID: 72949119128     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.5.482     Document Type: Article

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