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The relationship between poor performance on attention tasks and increased suicidal ideation in adolescents

Kim, Seog Ju, Kang, Seung-Gul, Cho, In Hee, Lee, Yu-Jin G., Hong, Jin Pyo, Park, Juhyun, Lee, Yu Jin·2015·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
DOI 10.1007/s00787-015-0687-3
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Our goal was to examine the relationship between attention and suicidal ideation in a school-based adolescent population. This cross-sectional study involved 2,462 students from eight high schools in South Korea (1,021 males and 1,441 females, mean age 17.3 ± 0.6 years). The participants completed the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (SSI) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and took part in computerized attention tasks. Participants with high SSI scores (16 or higher) exhibited a higher mean number of omission errors (OEs) and commission errors (CEs) on the visual sustained attention tasks than did participants with low SSI scores (p < 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively). On the divided attention tasks, the high SSI group exhibited a higher mean number of CEs than the low SSI group did (p < 0.001). In a general linear model adjusting for age, gender, and high BDI (10 or higher), membership in the high OE group in the visual sustained attention tasks was associated with high SSI scores (p = 0.015). Belonging to the high OE or CE group in the divided attention tasks were associated with high SSI scores (p = 0.024 and p = 0.035, respectively). For both the visual sustained and divided attention tasks, interactions between gender and high OE rates were significant (p ≤ 0.001 and p = 0.013, respectively). In the post hoc analysis, membership in the high OE group was associated with high SSI scores for girls. In a multiple linear regression analysis including all participants and controlling for age, gender, and BDI scores, higher numbers of OEs and CEs on the visual sustained attention tasks predicted higher SSI scores (p < 0.001 and p = 0.019, respectively). On the divided attention task, the number of CEs was positively correlated with the SSI score (p = 0.031). The findings of this study indicate an association between attention deficits and increased suicidal ideation in adolescents after controlling for depressed mood. The current results suggest a direct link between attention deficits and increased suicidality independent of depressive symptoms in adolescents.

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  • Poorer divided attention is associated with delayed response and increased risk of relapse as well as higher suicidality.

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Authors
Kim, S. J., Kang, S.-G., Cho, I. H., Lee, Y.-J. G., Hong, J. P., Park, J., & Lee, Y. J.
Affiliations
  • Seoul National University (KR)
  • Gachon University (KR)
  • Asan Medical Center (KR)
Corresponding author
  • Lee, Yu-Jin G.
  • Lee, Yu Jin
ORCID
Venue
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2015-02-08
Volume
24
Issue
11
Pages
1361-1368
ISSN
  • 1018-8827 (ISSN-L)
  • 1435-165X
DOI
10.1007/s00787-015-0687-3
OpenAlex
W2084175627
Cited by
19
References
26
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2016: 1
FWCI
1.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Mind wandering and attention
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
suicidal ideation, attention deficits, adolescents, divided attention, omission errors, commission errors, depression, gender differences
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Attention, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Suicidal Ideation

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