The great black hope: Hope and its relation to suicide risk among African Americans

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-180

  Davidson, Collin L ^a   Wingate, Laricka R ^a   Slish, Meredith L ^a   Rasmussen, Kathy A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; THINKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952366772     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2010.40.2.170     Document Type: Article

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