title: Sport participation during adolescence and suicide ideation and attempts.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Most research regarding sport participation and suicide risk found protective relationships. However, all studies in this area were based on cross-sectional designs.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To fill a gap in research by exploring associations between sport involvement and suicide ideation and attempts (suicidality) based on a 5-year longitudinal, population-based study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants (n = 739) completed surveys in middle school and high school.
  
  
  METHODS
  Logistic regression analysis compared suicidality during high school across four groups: youth who participated in sport in both middle and high school, youth who participated only in middle school or only in high school, and youth who did not participate in sport during adolescence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared to non-participants, youth involved in sport in both middle and high school had lower odds of suicidal ideation during high school. Youth who discontinued sport after middle school had higher odds of attempting suicide during high school than non-participants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Remaining involved in sport throughout adolescence can offer mental health benefits. Future research should identify mechanisms that account for protective relationships between involvement in sport throughout adolescence and suicidality, and identify factors that explain deleterious relationships for youth who discontinue sport early in adolescence.
authors: Healthy Youth Development Prevention Research Center, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA ltaliafe@umn.edu
authors: Lindsay A
authors: LA
authors: Taliaferro
authors: Marla E
authors: ME
authors: Eisenberg
authors: Karen E
authors: KE
authors: Johnson
authors: Toben F
authors: TF
authors: Nelson
authors: Dianne
authors: D
authors: Neumark-Sztainer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires