Hope as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Interpersonal Predictors of Suicide and Suicidal Thinking in African Americans

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 175-190

  Hollingsworth, David W ^a   Wingate, LaRicka R ^a   Tucker, Raymond P ^a   O’Keefe, Victoria M ^a   Cole, Ashley B ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; hope; perceived burdensomeness; suicidal ideation; thwarted belongingness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960128925     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798414563748     Document Type: Article

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