Explaining the income and suicidality relationship: income rank is more strongly associated with suicidal thoughts and attempts than income

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 929-937

  Wetherall, Karen ^a   Daly, Michael ^b   Robb, Kathryn A ^a   Wood, Alex M ^b   O’Connor, Rory C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defeat; Income; Social comparisons; Social rank theory; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84929841597     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-015-1050-1     Document Type: Article

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