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Adolescent suicidal behavior: Associations with preadolescent physical abuse and selected risk and protective factors

SALZINGER, SUZANNE, ROSARIO, MARGARET, FELDMAN, RICHARD S., NG-MAK, DAISY S.·2007·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Objectives To determine whether preadolescent physical abuse raises the risk of adolescent suicidal behavior, to examine potential mediators and moderators of the relationship between preadolescent abuse and adolescent suicidality, and to examine whether distal (preadolescent) risk factors add to proximal (adolescent) factors in predicting suicidality.Method Seventy-five physically abused preadolescents on the New York City Maltreatment Register and 78 controls were studied at ages 10.5 and 16.5 years. Adolescent suicidal ideation and attempts and hypothesized risk and protective factors were assessed by self-report, parent interview, and teacher ratings. Data were analyzed by logistic regression.Results Preadolescent physical abuse was a robust, largely unmediated, independent predictor of adolescent suicidality. Only adolescent internalizing problems mediated the relationship. No risk factors moderated the relationship. Adolescent attachment to parents and internalizing problems contributed independently to the prediction of suicidality risk in abused and control subjects. No preadolescent risk or protective factors added to the predictions beyond risk deriving from preadolescent abuse.Conclusions The association between preadolescent physical abuse and adolescent suicidality is largely unmediated and unmoderated by well-documented risk factors for suicidality. Therefore, comprehensive interventions to reduce abusive parenting must begin when families enter the child protection system, along with therapeutic interventions with the children and adolescents themselves.

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Authors
SALZINGER, S., ROSARIO, M., FELDMAN, R. S., & NG-MAK, D. S.
Affiliations
The Graduate Center, CUNY (US)
Corresponding author
SALZINGER, SUZANNE
Venue
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-07
Volume
46
Issue
7
Pages
859-866
ISSN
0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2066741182
Cited by
107
References
44
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
NIMH (grants R01 MH48917 01-08)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
Keywords
adolescent suicidal behavior, child abuse, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, internalizing problems, parental attachment, risk and protective factors, abusive parenting, child protection system, mediation
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Child, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Family, Female, Humans, Male, New York City, Risk Factors, Suicide, Attempted

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