The association of irritability and impulsivity with suicidal ideation among 15- to 20-year-old males.
Information on the association of impulsivity and measures of aggression with suicidal ideation in adolescents and young adults is limited. Data were gathered from a community sample of 625 adolescent and young adult males. Analyses were based on multivariate generalized estimating equations. Impulsivity and irritability were associated strongly with suicidal ideation after accounting for alcohol dependence and other aggression-related constructs including psychopathy. Given that irritable, impulsive adolescent males appear to contemplate suicidal behavior, their heightened suicide risk may be anticipated and mitigated.
Conner
Kenneth R
KR
University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide and Laboratory of Personality and Development, NY 14642, USA. Kenneth_Conner@urmc.rochester.edu
Meldrum
Sean
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Wieczorek
William F
WF
Duberstein
Paul R
PR
Welte
John W
JW
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*