Are Suicidal Behaviors Contagious in Adolescence? Using Longitudinal Data to Examine Suicide Suggestion

American Sociological Review

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-227

  Abrutyn, Seth ^a   Mueller, Anna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Add Health; Durkheim; gender; social networks; suicide; suicide suggestion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; GENDER; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUICIDE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84898842929     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122413519445     Document Type: Article

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