Reasons for Living, Social Support, and Afrocentric Worldview: Assessing Buffering Factors Related to Black Americans' Suicidal Behavior

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 136-147

  Wang, Mei Chuan ^a   Wong, Y Joel ^b   Tran, Kimberly K ^a   Nyutu, Pius N ^a   Spears, Angela ^a  

^a FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afrocentric worldview; Black Americans; reasons for living; social support; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877244839     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2013.776454     Document Type: Article

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