Perceptions of firearms and suicide: The role of misinformation in storage practices and openness to means safety measures

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 227, Issue , 2018, Pages 530-535

  Anestis, Michael D ^a   Butterworth, Sarah E ^a   Houtsma, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED CAPABILITY FOR SUICIDE SCALE; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; EMOTION; FEARLESSNESS; FEMALE; FIREARM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISINFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BELIEF; STORAGE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRUST;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SUICIDE; TRUST;

EID: 85034643998     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.11.057     Document Type: Article

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