I'm sick of being me: developmental themes in a suicidal adolescent.
Adolescence is a developmental transition period during which there are profound transformations in emotional, cognitive, and behavioral systems. Despite being a time of rapid development and increasing rates of suicidality, limited research has examined possible interrelationships. Through the use of a case study, this paper illustrates the role of developmental factors in a teenage girl's experience becoming and overcoming being suicidal. The processes of cognitive development, identity formation, and autonomy-seeking are discussed within the context of her story.
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. robin.everall@ualberta.ca
Robin D
RD
Everall
Katherine E
KE
Bostik
Barbara L
BL
Paulson
D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012649:Self Concept; D012933:Social Identification; D012944:Social Support; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*