The cost of social punishment and high-lethality suicide attempts in the second half of life

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-94

  Szanto, Katalin ^a   Clark, Luke ^b   Hallquist, Michael ^a   Vanyukov, Polina ^c   Crockett, Molly ^d   Dombrovski, Alexandre Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Social exchange game; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; CONTROL GROUP; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFENDER; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERCEPTION; PUNISHMENT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUNISHMENT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84897828724     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035339     Document Type: Article

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