title: Risk-taking behavior and adolescent suicide attempts.
abstract: This study examined the overall rates of common risk-taking behaviors in a sample of 109 adolescents, aged 13 to 18 years, who made a suicide attempt, compared to a matched control sample of 218 adolescents in the community. No differences in either the total number of risk-taking behavior or the frequency of individual risk-taking behaviors were found. These findings suggest that suicide attempts in adolescents are not a function of risk-taking behavior.
authors.affiliation: Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University School of Medicine in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
authors.forename: Cassandra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stanton
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spirito
authors.forename: Deidre
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Donaldson
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boergers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*