Youth engagement and suicide risk: Testing a mediated model in a canadian community sample

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-258

  Ramey, Heather L ^a,b   Busseri, Michael A ^a,b   Khanna, Nishad ^b   Youth Net Hamilton, ^c   Youth Net Reseau Ado Ottawa ^b,c   Rose Krasnor, Linda ^a,b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre of Excellence for Youth Engagement   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Mediation; Suicide risk; Youth activity engagement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEGOTIATING; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 77951132143     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9476-y     Document Type: Article

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