The Mediating Effect of Psychosocial Factors on Suicidal Probability among Adolescents

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 327-336

  Hur, Ji Won ^a   Kim, Won Joong ^b   Kim, Yong Ku ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Upper Canada College   (Canada)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

adolescent; anxiety; depression; stress suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84857676073     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2011.615701     Document Type: Article

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