Coping responses of adolescent suicide attempters and their relation to suicidal ideation across a 2-year follow-up: a preliminary study.
The coping responses of 23 hospitalized adolescent suicide attempters were compared to those of 19 hospitalized non-attempters matched on diagnosis and demographics. Relative to the comparison group, suicide attempters made fewer effortful-approach and more automatic-approach coping responses, and were judged by trained raters to have coped less effectively. Coders' ratings of greater coping effectiveness among suicide attempters were associated with a greater decline in suicidal symptoms assessed at 6-month follow-up intervals across a 2-year period. The findings are discussed in light of a model of coping that incorporates both individual differences and situational characteristics.
Department of Psychology, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
Michele L
ML
Piquet
Barry M
BM
Wagner
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001143:Arousal; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011340:Problem Solving; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*