Perfectionism as a Predictor of Suicidal Risk in Turkish College Students: Does Loneliness Contribute to Further Risk?

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 776-784

  Muyan, Mine ^a   Chang, Edward C ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Culture; Loneliness; Perfectionism; Suicidal risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY OF SUICIDE IDEATION INVENTORY; FROST MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERFECTIONISM SCALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFECTIONISM; PERSONALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TURKISH CITIZEN; UCLA LONELINESS SCALE;

EID: 84946471029     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-015-9711-7     Document Type: Article

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