Social and Interpersonal Factors Relating to Adolescent Suicidality: A Review of the Literature

King, Cheryl A.; Merchant, Christopher

doi:10.1080/13811110802101203

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“…129,130,130 A past history of maltreatment, including emotional and sexual abuse, is a recognised finding in many cases of adolescent suicide, as is social isolation and peer victimisation. 140 …”

Section: Panel 5: Social Factors Affecting Child Maltreatment Fatalitiesmentioning

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Understanding why children die in high-income countries

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Copyright and reuse:The Warwick Research Archive Portal (WRAP) makes this work of researchers of the University of Warwick available open access under the following conditions. Copyright © and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. To the extent reasonable and practicable the material made available in WRAP has been checked for eligibility before being made available.Copies of full items can be used for personal research or study, educational, or not-forprofit purposes without prior permission or charge. Provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. AbstractThrough a structured narrative review of the literature, we have identified a wide range of factors influencing child and adolescent mortality in high income countries. These can be conceptualised within the four domains of intrinsic factors, the physical environment, the social environment, and service delivery factors. The most prominent factors in the literature are socio-economic gradients, although the mechanisms through which these gradients exert their effects are complex, affecting all four domains, and often poorly understood. While some factors are relatively fixed, including the child's gender, age, ethnicity and inherent genetic make-up, some parental characteristics, and some wider 3 environmental conditions, others may be amenable to interventions that could lessen risks and help to prevent future child deaths. A number of examples of systemic health service factors that may impact child survival are given, along with interventions such as modifications to the physical or social environmental that may impact more distal factors.

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Section: Panel 5: Social Factors Affecting Child Maltreatment Fatalitiesmentioning

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“…Descriptive epidemiology of children's and adolescents' suicidal behaviour shows, in a non-clinical sample of schoolchildren, self-reported suicidal ideation in approximately 1-14%, and depressive symptoms in 18-44% of cases [4][5][6][7]. The risk of developing suicidal behaviour is thought to be associated with cumulative exposure to a range of factors: social and family circumstances, personality, traumatic life experiences and mental health [3,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

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Suicidal thoughts and depressive feelings amongst Estonian schoolchildren: effect of family relationship and family structure

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Tooding

Sisask

et al. 2009

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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To cite this version:Algi Abstract Depressive feelings and suicidal ideation in a non-clinical sample of adolescents in Estonia were analysed in the context of family structure, mutual relationships amongst family members and schoolchildren's preferences regarding intimate personal contacts with particular family members. Data from the WHO collaborative study 'Health Behaviour in School-aged Children 2005/ 2006' (HBSC) were used. A representative sample of schoolchildren aged 11, 13 and 15 years completed the semi-structured questionnaire. The analyses included only adolescents living in households with at least one birth parent. The subjects were 4,389 schoolchildren (2,178 boys and 2,211 girls), who were divided into three groups based on: (1) suicidal thoughts, with or without depressive feelings; (2) depressive feelings; and (3) neither suicidal thoughts nor depressive feelings. Multinomial logistic regression was used. The proportion of depressive feelings increased with age for both boys and girls. Girls expressed depressive feelings more frequently than boys from ages 13 and 15 years, and suicidal thoughts from age 15 years. Self-reported satisfaction with relationships in the family reduced the likelihood of depressive feelings and suicidal thoughts. Good communication with the parents reduced the likelihood of suicidal thoughts in all age groups. Adolescents who were satisfied with their family relationships suffered less frequently from depressive feelings and suicidal thoughts. The best environment for an adolescent was a family with both birth parents. Of the adolescents in 'non-intact' families, those with a step-parent in the family showed suicidal thoughts more frequently than those in single-parent families. Associations between family-related variables and suicidal thoughts were significant even after adjusting for family economic deprivation score.

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“…Mirroring the gender disparity observed in adults, adolescent girls attempt suicide at a higher rate than boys, but boys are at greater risk of completing suicide (Andrews and Lewinsohn 1992;Reinherz et al 1995). A particularly vulnerable population are psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents, especially in the 6 months following discharge (King et al 1995;Goldston et al 1999;Prinstein et al 2008;. Studies estimate that among hospitalized adolescents admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit for suicidality, 7-18% will make a suicide attempt within 6 months (King et al 1995;Goldston et al 1999;Prinstein et al 2008;.…”

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Perceived Family and Peer Invalidation as Predictors of Adolescent Suicidal Behaviors and Self-Mutilation

Yen

Kuehn

Tezanos

et al. 2015

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

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Objective: The present study investigates the longitudinal relationship between perceived family and peer invalidation and adolescent suicidal events (SE) and self-mutilation (SM) in a 6 month follow-up (f/u) study of adolescents admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit for suicide risk. Methods: Adolescents (n = 119) and their parent(s) were administered interviews and self-report assessments at baseline and at a 6 month f/u, with 99 (83%) completing both assessments. The Adolescent Longitudinal Interval Follow-Up Evaluation (A-LIFE) was modified to provide weekly ratings (baseline and each week of f/u) for perceived family and peer invalidation. Regression analyses examined whether: 1) Prospectively rated perceived family and peer invalidation at baseline predicted SE and SM during f/u; and 2) chronicity of perceived invalidation operationalized as proportion of weeks at moderate to high invalidation during f/u was associated with SE and SM during f/u. Results: Multiple regression analyses, controlling for previously identified covariates, revealed that perceived family invalidation predicted SE over f/u for boys only and perceived peer invalidation predicted SM over f/u in the overall sample. This was the case for both baseline and f/u ratings of perceived invalidation.Conclusions: Our results demonstrate the adverse impact of perceived family and peer invalidation. Specifically, boys who experienced high perceived family invalidation were more likely to have an SE over f/u. Both boys and girls who experienced high perceived peer invalidation were more likely to engage in SM over f/u.

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Social and Interpersonal Factors Relating to Adolescent Suicidality: A Review of the Literature

Cited by 363 publications

References 74 publications

Understanding why children die in high-income countries

Understanding why children die in high-income countries

Suicidal thoughts and depressive feelings amongst Estonian schoolchildren: effect of family relationship and family structure

Perceived Family and Peer Invalidation as Predictors of Adolescent Suicidal Behaviors and Self-Mutilation

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