The relationship of outwardly directed aggression to suicidal ideation and suicide attempts across two high-risk samples

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 184-195

  Swogger, Marc T ^a   Van Orden, Kimberly A ^a   Conner, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; interpersonal theory; suicidal ideation; suicide; suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899098030     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033212     Document Type: Article

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