Suicidal ideation among racial/ethnic minorities: Moderating effects of rumination and depressive symptoms

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 31-40

  Cheref, Soumia ^a   Lane, Robert ^a   Polanco Roman, Lillian ^b   Gadol, Erin ^a   Miranda, Regina ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Ethnicity; Race; Rumination; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; BLACK PERSON; BROODING RUMINATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIRACIAL PERSON; PROCESS MODEL; REFLECTIVE RUMINATION; RUMINATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; ADOLESCENT; ETHNOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925847468     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037139     Document Type: Article

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