The "dark side" of the strength of weak ties: The diffusion of suicidal thoughts

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-276

  Baller, Robert D ^a   Richardson, Kelly K ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SUICIDE; THINKING;

EID: 77950741936     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650905000302     Document Type: Article

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