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ERIC Number: EJ657345
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0016-9862
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A Psychological Autopsy of the Suicide of an Academically Gifted Student: Researchers' and Parents' Perspectives.
Cross, Tracy L.; Gust-Brey, Karyn; Ball, P. Bonny
Gifted Child Quarterly, v46 n4 p247-64 Fall 2002
A case study of an academically gifted college student who committed suicide resulted in three sets of findings: those that reflected exclusively on the subject's life, those that compared his life with 3 previous psychological autopsies conducted, and those that reflected the parents' observations and experiences of his life. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Depression (Psychology), Gifted, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Relationship, Postsecondary Education, Predictor Variables, Psychological Characteristics, Self Esteem, Social Development, Suicide, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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