Using the theory of planned behavior to predict college students' intention to intervene with a suicidal individual

Crisis

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 332-337

  Aldrich, Rosalie S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY EAST   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Intervention; Suicide; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL NORM; STUDENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL NORMS; STUDENTS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946051104     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: 21512396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000330     Document Type: Article

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