Validity of suicidality items from the youth risk behavior survey in a high school sample

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Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-381

  May, Alexis ^a   Klonsky, E David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescents; attempt; ideation; suicide; validity; YRBS

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 79961182494     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191110374285     Document Type: Article

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