title: Contrasts Between Young Males Dying by Suicide, Those Dying From Other Causes and Those Still Living: Observations From the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health.
abstract: Utilizing Add Health longitudinal data, we compared 21 male suicide casualties to 10,101 living respondents identifying suicide correlates.
  
  
  
  21 suicide decedents completed surveys in 1994/1995 (Wave 1) and 11 completed at Wave 3; responses were compared with Chi-square and oneway ANOVA tests.
  
  
  
  Suicide decedents were prone to higher delinquency and fighting at Wave 1, but not at Wave 3. At Wave 1 suicide decedents remained undistinguished from living respondents in depression, self-esteem, and drug uses. Yet, after Wave 3, the 11 respondents dying by suicide showed significantly higher depression, drug use and lower self-esteem.
  
  
  
  Delinquency trends can readily understood, but more complex causes are needed to account for unexpected changes in self-esteem, depression and drug uses.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Feigelman
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Joiner
authors.forename: Zohn
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Anna S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mueller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D000069581:Exposure to Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011580:Psychological Techniques; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
keywords: changing youth suicide correlates; male suicides; prospective study; youth suicide