Hopelessness and suicidality in Turkish and American respondents

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2007-01-01

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Gençöz, Faruk
Walker, Rheeda L.
Lester, David

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In samples of both Turkish and American students, the correlates of suicidal ideation were found to be similar, with depression, hopelessness, and attitudes toward the ownership of life predicting the level of suicidal ideation in both samples. Results using a Western measure of religiosity, however, were different in the two cultures, indicating the need for measures of religiosity specifically tailored for Turkish culture.

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Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Life-span and Life-course Studies, Health(social science)

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37145

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OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING

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https://doi.org/10.2190/om.55.4.e

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Department of Psychology, Article

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F. Gençöz, R. L. Walker, and D. Lester, “Hopelessness and suicidality in Turkish and American respondents,” OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING, pp. 311–319, 2007, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37145.