Association between loneliness and suicidality during middle childhood and adolescence: Longitudinal effects and the role of demographic characteristics

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 105-118

  Schinka, Katherine C ^a   Vandulmen, Manfred H M ^a   Bossarte, Robert ^b   Swahn, Monica ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; loneliness; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84857213424     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2011.584084     Document Type: Article

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