Parent-adolescent agreement about adolescent’s suicidal ideation and behavior in relation to adolescent’s one-year depressive symptoms, and suicide-related outcomes
Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The present study has two aims: (1) to examine parent-adolescent baseline agreement regarding adolescent past year suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in relation to adolescent self-reported and suicidal ideation at baseline; and (2) to study the extent to which this baseline agreement about adolescents past year suicidal ideation/behavior predicts suicidal ideation, depressive symptoms and the likelihood of suicide attempts 12-month follow-up.A total of 448 adolescents, ages 13 to 17 years, were recruited from two psychiatric hospitals and followed for one year.All analysis controlled for the effect of gender, history of multiple attempts, parents' history of mental health problems, and other important clinical variables.Results indicated that parents' awareness of adolescents' past year suicide attempts was related to significant lower baseline suicidal ideation in adolescents; while parent-adolescent agreement about adolescents' past year suicidal ideation was related to significant higher baseline and 12 month suicidal ideation.Girl tended to have significantly higher baseline depressive symptoms if their parents were aware of the past year suicidal ideation.Perceived family support fully mediated the relationship between agreement on past year suicidal attempts and adolescents' baseline suicidal ideation.These findings demonstrate that parents might be more likely to intervene when they detected suicidal behaviors, instead of suicidal ideation.In addition, family support seemed to be the pathway that accounts for the relationship between agreement and suicidal ideation.This study highlights the benefits of parental involvement in the treatment of suicidal adolescents.In families where parents lack awareness about their children's suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, intervention programs should aim to enhance communication between parents and children to decrease potential of these negative outcomes.
Author: Yun Chen
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W595181359