Culture of honor and violence against the self

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1611-1623

  Osterman, Lindsey L ^a   Brown, Ryan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; depression; honor; mental health; suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80055076605     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211418529     Document Type: Article

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