The social context of adolescent suicide attempts: interactive effects of parent, peer, and school social relations.
An ecological developmental model of adolescent suicidality was used to inform a hierarchical logistic regression analysis of longitudinal interactions between parent, peer, and school relations and suicide attempts. Reanalyzing data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, it was found that parent relations were the most consistent protective factor, and among boys with prior suicide attempts, school relations augmented the effects of parent relations when peer relations were low. Results indicated the need to understand suicidal behavior as a component of interactive social processes in the design of clinical interventions.
Kidd
Sean
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St. Joseph's Healthcare, Centre for Mountain Health Services--MHR, 100 West 5th St., Hamilton, Ontario Canada, L8N 3K7. skidd@stjosham.on.ca
Henrich
Christopher C
CC
Brookmeyer
Kathryn A
KA
Davidson
Larry
L
King
Robert A
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Shahar
Golan
G
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D010379:Peer Group; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*