A meaningful life is worth living: Meaning in life as a suicide resiliency factor

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 934-939

  Kleiman, Evan M ^a   Beaver, Jenna K ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meaning in life; Protective factors; Resiliency; Suicidal ideation; Suicide; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESPAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; AUTOMUTILATION; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84888303192     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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