Church-Based Social Support and Suicidality Among African Americans and Black Caribbeans

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 337-353

  Chatters, Linda M ^a   Taylor, Robert Joseph ^a   Lincoln, Karen D ^b   Nguyen, Ann ^a   Joe, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afro Caribbean; informal support network; non kin social support; religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CENTRAL AMERICA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIBBEAN REGION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857671271     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2011.615703     Document Type: Article

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