Latina adolescent suicide ideations and attempts: Associations with connectedness to parents, peers, and teachers

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 672-683

  De Luca, Susan M ^a   Wyman, Peter ^b   Warren, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUBA; ETHNOLOGY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUBA; FACULTY; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870913630     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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