Factors associated with 'feeling suicidal': The role of sexual identity

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-80

  Abelson, Jeanne ^a   Lambevski, Sasho ^b   Crawford, June ^b   Bartos, Michael ^c   Kippax, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NCHSR   (Australia)

^c UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Counseling; Feeling suicidal; Harassment; HIV AIDS; Men's sexuality; Sexual risk taking; Social isolation; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; COUNSELING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84905766565     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v51n01_04     Document Type: Article

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