Rumination, suicidal ideation, and the mediating effect of self-defeating humor

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 492-504

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

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Humor styles; Rumination; Self defeating humor; Suicidal ideation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906053072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18410413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v10i3.758     Document Type: Article

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