The relationship between gender-based victimization and suicide attempts in transgender people

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 468-475

  Goldblum, Peter ^a   Testa, Rylan J ^a   Pflum, Samantha ^a   Hendricks, Michael L ^b   Bradford, Judith ^c   Bongar, Bruce ^d  

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington Psychological Center   (United States)

^c FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Gender nonconforming; Gender based victimization; Suicide attempt; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874539132     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029605     Document Type: Article

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