The Role of Hardiness in Decreasing Stress and Suicidal Ideation in a Sample of Undergraduate Students

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 202-222

  Abdollahi, Abbas ^a   Abu Talib, Mansor ^a   Yaacob, Siti Nor ^a   Ismail, Zanariah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

adolescents; hardiness; perceived stress; suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924918172     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: 1552650X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022167814543952     Document Type: Article

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