Hopelessness as mediator of the link between reports of a history of child maltreatment and suicidality in African American women

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 657-674

  Meadows, Lindi A ^a   Kaslow, Nadine J ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; child maltreatment; hopelessness; suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCREENING; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 9244241039     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020361311046     Document Type: Article

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