Burdensomeness, depression, and suicide in a sample of American-Indian college students

Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 77-86

  Cole, Ashley B ^a   Wingate, LaRicka R ^a   Slish, Meredith L ^a   Tucker, Raymond P ^a   Hollingsworth, David W ^a   O'Keefe, Victoria M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Depression; Interpersonal; Perceived burdensomeness; Suicide; Thwarted belongingness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897076900     PISSN: 17570980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EIHSC-10-2013-0026     Document Type: Article

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