Comparing psychache, depression, and hopelessness in their associations with suicidality: A test of Shneidman's theory of suicide

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 689-693

  Troister, Talia ^a   Holden, Ronald R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Hopelessness; Psychache; Shneidman's model; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955926664     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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