title: The Suicide Narrative Interview: adolescents' attachment expectancies and symptom severity in a clinical sample.
abstract: Insecure attachment styles have consistently been identified as risk factors for adolescent psychopathology and, more specifically, suicidal ideation. However, much less is known about the mechanisms that account for the relationship between attachment styles and severity of suicidal ideation within clinical samples. In the current study, adolescents' expectancies for caregiver availability and responsiveness were coded from transcripts of the Suicide Narrative Interview in a clinical sample of 129 depressed and suicidal adolescents. Results indicated that negative expectancies for caregiver availability in the Suicide Narrative Interview were associated both with attachment insecurity and with the intensity of adolescents' suicidal ideation. The implications of adolescents' expectancies for caregiver availability as targets for clinical intervention are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences , University of Delaware , Newark , DE , USA.
authors.forename: Abigail
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zisk
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences , University of Delaware , Newark , DE , USA.
authors.forename: Caroline H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.affiliation: b Couple and Family Therapy Department , Drexel University , Philadelphia , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie Krauthamer
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ewing
authors.affiliation: b Couple and Family Therapy Department , Drexel University , Philadelphia , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Guy S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Diamond
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences , University of Delaware , Newark , DE , USA.
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kobak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Adolescent attachment; attachment expectancies; suicide; suicide narrative; symptom severity