Self-disclosure, depression, anxiety, and suicidal behavior in adolescent psychiatric inpatients.
The objectives of this paper were to examine the personality variable of self-disclosure, or the tendency to share feelings with others, and its relationship to depression, anxiety, and suicidal behavior in adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Of the 87 adolescents who were assessed, 53 had made a suicide attempt and 34 had never shown any suicidal behavior during their lifetime. There was a significant relationship between suicidality and low levels of self-disclosure, which appears to be mediated by anxiety and depression. This sharing difficulty was most significantly marked between the adolescent and his/her family and seemed to be mediated by feelings of depression and anxiety.
Horesh
Netta
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Department of Psychology, Bar-llan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. horeshn@mail.biu.ac.il
Apter
Alan
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012650:Self Disclosure; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*