An adolescent suicide cluster and the possible role of electronic communication technology

Crisis

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 239-245

  Robertson, Lindsay ^a   Skegg, Keren ^a   Poore, Marion ^b   Williams, Sheila ^a   Taylor, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Public Health South   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cellular phone; Cluster; Social networking; Suicide contagion; Youth suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADOLESCENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SUICIDE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84867364869     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000140     Document Type: Article

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