The Relative Contribution of Diagnostic and Psychosocial Factors in the Prediction of Adolescent Suicidal Ideation
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Examined the relative importance of diagnostic and psychosocial factors in the prediction of adolescent suicidal ideation. Seventy-three high school students exhibiting emotional disturbance in the school setting completed a diagnostic interview and self-report measures assessing social support, family environment, negative life events, and problem solving. Using hierarchical regression analyses, only the presence of a pure internalizing disorder predicted suicidal ideation in addition to psychosocial variables. Interactions were found between psychiatric disorders and psychosocial variables. These results underscore the importance of including both diagnostic and psychosocial variables in research examining risk factors for adolescent suicidal behavior. Further, they suggest that adolescents presenting with psychiatric disorders, high levels of stress, and poor social support networks should be monitored for suicidality.
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The present study did not find evidence that any category of acute life event exposure differentiated suicide ideators from youth with no lifetime STBs.
“In contrast, we did not find evidence that any category of acute life event exposure differentiated suicide ideators from youth with no lifetime STBs, which is consistent with several studies using clinical samples of adolescents (Esposito and Clum 2003; Grover et al. 2009; McKeown et al. 1998).”
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- Authors
- Esposito, C. L., & Clum, G. A.
- Affiliations
- Brown University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2003-08
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 386-395
- ISSN
- 1537-4416 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-4424
- OpenAlex
- W2015636355
- Cited by
- 51
- References
- 75
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 1.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- 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 › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Keywords
- adolescent suicidal ideation, suicide risk factors, internalizing disorders, psychosocial factors, social support, family environment, negative life events, problem solving, emotional disturbance, mental illness, high school students
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Family, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Life Change Events, Male, Predictive Value of Tests, Problem Solving, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Regression Analysis, Social Support, Suicide, Attempted, Mood Disorders
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