Attitudes toward suicide: The effect of suicide death in the family

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-382

  Zhang, Jie ^a,b   Jia, Cun Xian ^c  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949281470     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.60.4.d     Document Type: Article

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