Exploring Risk and Protective Factors with a Community Sample of American Indian Adolescents Who Attempted Suicide

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 172-189

  Cwik, Mary ^a   Barlow, Allison ^a   Tingey, Lauren ^a   Goklish, Novalene ^a   Larzelere Hinton, Francene ^a   Craig, Mariddie ^b   Walkup, John T ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b White Mountain Apache Tribe   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; American Indian; community based; suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROTECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 84929675196     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2015.1004472     Document Type: Article

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