title: A Short-Term, Prospective Test of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicidal Ideation in an Adolescent Clinical Sample.
abstract: The present prospective study tested a portion of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide (IPTS) in an adolescent clinical sample. Participants were 143 adolescents consecutively admitted to a partial hospitalization program who completed assessments at intake and discharge from the program. Results partially supported the IPTS and suggest that (1) perceived burdensomeness may be an important socially based cognition for understanding concurrent risk for suicidal ideation (SI); (2) thwarted belongingness affects depression symptom severity over time, which indirectly predicts SI over a short follow-up time frame; and (3) the IPTS constructs may function differently in a high-risk clinical adolescent sample, compared to adults, although findings are preliminary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.|Inova Kellar Center, Fairfax, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Adam Bryant
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2380-1420
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Christianne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Esposito-Smythers
authors.affiliation: Inova Kellar Center, Fairfax, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Richard N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Leichtweis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011582:Psychological Theory; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires