Responses to a self-presented suicide attempt in social media: A social network analysis

Crisis

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 406-412

  Fu, King Wa ^a   Cheng, Qijin ^b   Wong, Paul W C ^a   Yip, Paul S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; China; Microblog; Social media; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINA; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MICROBLOG; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE; CHINA; MICROBLOG; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84888405042     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000221     Document Type: Article

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