Coping, reasons for living, and suicide in black college students

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 459-466

  Wang, Mei Chuan ^a   Nyutu, Pius N ^a   Tran, Kimberly K ^a  

^a FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black American; coping; depression; reasons for living; suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866274699     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: 15566676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2012.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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