Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Youth-Adult Relationships, and Suicide Attempts Among High School Students in Underserved Communities

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 807-820

  Pisani, Anthony R ^a,e   Wyman, Peter A ^a   Petrova, Mariya ^a   Schmeelk Cone, Karen ^a   Goldston, David B ^b   Xia, Yinglin ^c   Gould, Madelyn S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Suicide attempts; Suicide prevention; Underserved populations; Youth suicide; Youth adult communication; Youth adult relationships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877629170     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9884-2     Document Type: Article

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