Shame Behind the Masks: The Parents' Perspective on Their Sons' Suicide

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 242-261

  Törnblom, Annelie Werbart ^a   Werbart, Andrzej ^b   Rydelius, Per Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

barriers to help; boys and young men; grounded theory; suicide; suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SURVIVOR; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SURVIVORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880937997     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2013.805644     Document Type: Article

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