Social Problem Solving and Suicidal Behavior: Ethnic Differences in the Moderating Effects of Loneliness and Life Stress

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 303-315

  Hirsch, Jameson K ^a   Chang, Edward C ^b   Jeglic, Elizabeth L ^c  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; loneliness; social problem solving; stressful life events; suicide attempt; suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONELINESS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869150183     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2013.722054     Document Type: Article

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