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Peer reviewedHewitt, Paul L.; Norton, G. Ron; Flett, Gordon L.; Callander, Lois; Cowan, Tim – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1998
Compares assessment results of inpatients with alcoholism who have made a serious suicide attempt and a matched sample of inpatients with alcoholism who have no history of suicide attempts. Discriminant function analysis reveals that depression, social hopelessness, and socially prescribed perfectionism are unique discriminators of suicide groups.…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Attitudes, Depression (Psychology), Discriminant Analysis
