Passive Suicide Ideation Among Older Adults in Europe: A Multilevel Regression Analysis of Individual and Societal Determinants in 12 Countries (SHARE)

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 947-958

  Stolz, Erwin ^b   Fux, Beat ^a   Mayerl, Hannes ^b   Rásky, Éva ^b   Freidl, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Composition; Context; Cross nationa; Determinants; Passive suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 85021859294     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbw041     Document Type: Article

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