Is religiosity a protective factor against attempted suicide: A cross-cultural case-control study

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-55

  Sisask, Merike ^a   Värnik, Airi ^b,c   Kõlves, Kairi ^a,d   Bertolote, José M ^e   Bolhari, Jafar ^f   Botega, Neury J ^g   Fleischmann, Alexandra ^e   Vijayakumar, Lakshmi ^h   Wasserman, Danuta ^c  

^a Estonian Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^h The Voluntary Health Services Chennai   (India)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Case control study; Cross cultural study; Religiosity; WHO SUPRE MISS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ESTONIA; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IRAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ESTONIA; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRAN; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 75749145024     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110903479052     Document Type: Article

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