title: Parent-child conflict and suicide rumination in college students: the mediating roles of depressive symptoms and anxiety sensitivity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Parent-child conflict, depressive symptoms, and anxiety sensitivity have each been identified as risk factors for suicide ideation in college students. This study examined the relations among these risk factors and suicide rumination utilizing transition theory to guide the hypothesized relations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Undergraduate college students participated in this study in the spring of 2012 (January to May).
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed self-report measures of parent-child conflict, depressive symptoms, anxiety sensitivity, and suicide rumination, among other measures. Hypothesized pathways and mediation were tested using path analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Suicide rumination was positively and uniquely predicted by depressive symptoms, anxiety sensitivity, and parent-child conflict. The relation between parent-child conflict and suicide rumination was, in part, accounted for by depressive symptoms and anxiety sensitivity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest that it would be advisable for clinicians to assess for students' conflicts with their parents in conjunction with their levels of depression and anxiety when assessing for suicide risk.
authors: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA. Dalamis@gmail.com
authors: Dorian A
authors: DA
authors: Lamis
authors: Danielle R
authors: DR
authors: Jahn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D015144:Southeastern United States; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055512:Tertiary Prevention; D014495:Universities