Big five personality factors and suicide rates in the United States: A state-level analysis

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 208-212

  Voracek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949565292     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.109.1.208-212     Document Type: Article

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