Associations of school connectedness with adolescent suicidality: Gender differences and the role of risk of depression;Associations du sentiment d’appartenance à l’école avec la suicidaité des adolescents : Les différences selon le sexe et le rôle du risque de dépression

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 258-267

  Langille, Donald B ^a   Asbridge, Mark ^a   Cragg, Amber ^a   Rasic, Daniel ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Station Ftn Forces   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Depression; Gender differences; School connectedness; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CONNECTEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CANADA; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CANADA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 85012852666     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371506000604     Document Type: Article

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