Grateful individuals are not suicidal: Buffering risks associated with hopelessness and depressive symptoms

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 595-599

  Kleiman, Evan M ^a   Adams, Leah M ^a   Kashdan, Todd B ^a   Riskind, John H ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Gratitude; Hopelessness; Protective factors; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880039592     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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