Suicidal behavior and psychological distress in university students: A 12-nation study

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 369-388

  Eskin, Mehmet ^a   Sun, Jian Min ^b   Abuidhail, Jamila ^c   Yoshimasu, Kouichi ^d   Kujan, Omar ^e   Janghorbani, Mohsen ^f   Flood, Chris ^g   Carta, Mauro Giovanni ^h   Tran, Ulrich S ⁱ   Mechri, Anwar ^j   Hamdan, Motasem ^k   Poyrazli, Senel ^l   Aidoudi, Khouala ^j   Bakhshi, Seifollah ^f   Harlak, Hacer ^a   Moro, Maria Francesca ^h   Nawafleh, Hani ^m   Phillips, Louise ^g   Shaheen, Amira ⁿ   Taifour, Shahama ^e   Tsuno, Kanami ^d   Voracek, Martin ⁱ   more..

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^d WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Al Farabi Dental College   (Saudi Arabia)

^f ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^k AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^l PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

ⁿ AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

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Author keywords

Cross cultural comparisons; Psychological distress; Suicide attempt; Suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPLICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84961197660     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2015.1054055     Document Type: Article

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