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Emotion regulation difficulties, youth-adult relationships, and suicide attempts among high school students in underserved communities

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Pisani, Anthony R., Wyman, Peter A., Petrova, Mariya, Schmeelk-Cone, Karen, Goldston, David B., Xia, Yinglin, Gould, Madelyn S.·2013·Journal of Youth and Adolescence

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To develop and refine interventions to prevent youth suicide, knowledge is needed about specific processes that reduce risk at a population level. Using a cross-sectional design, the present study tested hypotheses regarding associations between self-reported suicide attempts, emotion regulation difficulties, and positive youth-adult relationships among 7,978 high-school students (48.6% male, 49.9% female) in 30 high schools from predominantly rural, low-income communities. 683 students (8.6%) reported a past-year suicide attempt. Emotion regulation difficulties and a lack of trusted adults at home and school were associated with increased risk for making a past-year suicide attempt, above and beyond the effects of depressive symptoms and demographic factors. The association between emotion regulation difficulties and suicide attempts was modestly lower among students who perceived themselves as having higher levels of trusted adults in the family, consistent with a protective effect. Having a trusted adult in the community (outside of school and family) was associated with fewer suicide attempts in models that controlled only for demographic covariates, but not when taking symptoms of depression into account. These findings point to adolescent emotion regulation and relationships with trusted adults as complementary targets for suicide prevention that merit further intervention studies. Reaching these targets in a broad population of adolescents will require new delivery systems and "option rich" (OR) intervention designs.

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Authors
Pisani, A. R., Wyman, P. A., Petrova, M., Schmeelk-Cone, K., Goldston, D. B., Xia, Y., & Gould, M. S.
Affiliations
  • University of Rochester Medicine (US)
  • Duke University (US)
  • University of Rochester (US)
  • New York State Psychiatric Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Pisani, Anthony R.
Venue
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Published
2012-12-18
Volume
42
Issue
6
Pages
807-820
ISSN
  • 0047-2891 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-6601
OpenAlex
W2029472717
Cited by
183
References
111
Citations by year
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FWCI
10.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Rochester
  • Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH091452, K24MH066252)
  • National Center for Research Resources (KL2RR024136)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
Keywords
suicide attempts, emotional dysregulation, adult-youth relationships, trusted adults, suicide prevention, adolescents, depressive symptoms, underserved populations, high school students, protective factors
MeSH terms
Suicide Prevention, Adolescent, Adult, Affective Symptoms, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Students, Suicide, Attempted, Intergenerational Relations, Young Adult

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