Parental displacement and adolescent suicidality: Exploring the role of failed belonging
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Prior studies have demonstrated that events causing displacement from parents--such as parental death, abandonment of the adolescent, or divorce--represent a risk factor for adolescent suicide, but research to date has not established a theoretical model explaining the association between parental displacement and adolescent suicidal behavior. The current studies examined the construct of failed belonging proposed by the interpersonal theory of suicide as one factor that may link parental displacement with adolescent suicide. Study 1 found that low levels of belonging mediated the association between parental displacement and adolescent suicide attempts in a large, urban community sample of older adolescents between the ages of 18 and 23. In Study 2, parental displacement interacted with low belonging to predict suicide attempts, such that adolescents (average age = 16.6 years; SD = 1.2) who experienced both displacement and low levels of belonging had the highest risk for suicide.
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Parental loss from death, divorce, or abandonment is associated with increased risk for suicide.
“Studies further indicate increased risk for suicide due to parental loss from death, divorce, or abandonment.24”
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- Authors
- Timmons, K. A., Selby, E. A., Lewinsohn, P. M., & Joiner, T. E.
- Affiliations
- Florida State University (US)
- Oregon Research Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Joiner, Thomas E.
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-11
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 807-817
- ISSN
- 1537-4416 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-4424
- PMC
- PMC3205473
- OpenAlex
- W2165486007
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 3.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (F31MH081396)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Keywords
- adolescent suicidality, interpersonal theory of suicide, suicide attempts, parental death, parental abandonment, parental divorce, mediation, interaction effects
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Divorce, Female, Humans, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Risk Factors, Social Support, Stress, Psychological, Suicide, Young Adult, Suicidal Ideation
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