Changes in Loneliness during Middle Childhood Predict Risk for Adolescent Suicidality Indirectly through Mental Health Problems

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 818-824

  Jones, Angela C ^a   Schinka, Katherine C ^b   van Dulmen, Manfred H M ^b   Bossarte, Robert M ^c   Swahn, Monica H ^d  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84859331930     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2011.614585     Document Type: Article

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