Suicide acceptability and religious well-being: a comparative analysis in African American suicide attempters and non-attempters.

From: Journal of Psychology and Theology | Date: June 22, 2005| Author: Anglin, Deidre M.; Gabriel, Kamieka O.S.; Kaslow, Nadine J. | Copyright information

This study was designed to examine the relationship between suicide acceptability and religious well-being, and to investigate the differences that may exist between African American suicide attempters and non-attempters on these two concepts. Two hundred low-income, African Americans were administered self-report questionnaires measuring suicide acceptability and religious well-being. Findings indicated that suicide acceptability was negatively related to religious well-being for ...

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