The influence of psychosocial variables on adolescent suicidal ideation

George, Ancel Andrew; Berg, Henriëtte S. van den

doi:10.2989/17280583.2011.620961

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“…Mirkovic et al (2015) also reported that applying emotion-focused coping methods increased levels of suicidal ideation in adolescents. Adolescents who respond to stressors using emotion-focused coping easily develop negative self-evaluation and thus had increased level of suicidal ideation (George & van den Berg, 2012). After controlling protective factors and interactions between risk factors and protective factors, emotion-focused coping was not significantly associated with suicidal ideation, so the role of emotion-focused coping on suicidal ideation needs further exploration.…”

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Roles of protective factors and risk factors in suicidal ideation among adolescents in Taiwan

Huang

Wang

2019

Public Health Nursing

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Objective To examine the role of protective factors and risk factors in suicidal ideation among adolescents in Taiwan based on a resilience protective model. Design and Sample A cross‐sectional design was employed. A total of 390 adolescents aged 15–19 years were recruited from four high schools in Taiwan by stratified random sampling. Methods An anonymous self‐report questionnaire was used to collect demographic characteristics, suicidal ideation, depressive symptoms, life stress, emotion‐focused coping, self‐esteem, and problem‐focused coping. Hierarchical multiple regression was used to test the hypotheses. Results Depressive symptoms were significantly and positively correlated with suicidal ideation. The interaction between depressive symptoms and self‐esteem as well as between emotion‐focused coping and problem‐focused coping were significantly and negatively correlated with suicidal ideation. Conclusions Depressive symptoms were a risk factor of suicidal ideation. Self‐esteem can moderate the negative effect of depressive symptoms on suicidal ideation. Problem‐focused coping can moderate the negative effects of emotion‐focused coping on suicidal ideation. Public health nurses could cooperate with school nurses to periodically screen depressive symptoms and provide early interventions. Teaching parents and teachers methods for improving self‐esteem of adolescents and enhancing adolescents to apply problem‐focused coping strategies could be useful to reduce suicidal ideation of adolescents.

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Roles of protective factors and risk factors in suicidal ideation among adolescents in Taiwan

Huang

Wang

2019

Public Health Nursing

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“…A number of variables related to adolescent romance have been associated with the risk of suicide attempts or completions in adolescents. These include incongruent partnership role-identities [ 30 ], negative sexual experiences [ 31 ] and stressful events including breakups [ 32 ] and relationship disputes [ 33 ]. Nevertheless, the extent to which romantic relationship issues contribute to suicide risk remains unknown.…”

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Young Love: Romantic Concerns and Associated Mental Health Issues among Adolescent Help-Seekers

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Behavioral Sciences

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Over 50% of young people have dated by age 15. While romantic relationship concerns are a major reason for adolescent help-seeking from counselling services, we have a limited understanding of what types of relationship issues are most strongly related to mental health issues and suicide risk. This paper used records of 4019 counselling sessions with adolescents (10–18 years) seeking help from a national youth counselling service for a romantic relationship concern to: (i) explore what types and stage (pre, during, post) of romantic concerns adolescents seek help for; (ii) how they are associated with mental health problems, self-harm and suicide risk; and (iii) whether these associations differ by age and gender. In line with developmental-contextual theory, results suggest that concerns about the initiation of relationships are common in early adolescence, while concerns about maintaining and repairing relationships increase with age. Relationship breakups were the most common concern for both male and female adolescents and for all age groups (early, mid, late adolescence). Data relating to a range of mental health issues were available for approximately half of the sample. Post-relationship concerns (including breakups) were also more likely than pre- or during-relationship concerns to be associated with concurrent mental health issues (36.8%), self-harm (22.6%) and suicide (9.9%). Results draw on a staged developmental theory of adolescent romantic relationships to provide a comprehensive assessment of relationship stressors, highlighting post-relationship as a particularly vulnerable time for all stages of adolescence. These findings contribute to the development of targeted intervention and support programs.

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“…Risk factors also involve the social environment to which young people are exposed. Specifically, young people who are socially isolated, involved in difficult romantic relationships, or bullied are likely to score higher on suicidality (George & van den Berg, ; Winsper, Lereya, Zanarini, & Wolke, ). Many of these factors are influenced by familial factors in that children who are bullied, for example, are more likely to come from socially isolated and economically vulnerable ethnic or racial minorities.…”

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Socio‐demographic, health, and psychological correlates of suicidality severity in Australian adolescents

Delfabbro

Malvaso

Winefield

et al. 2016

Australian Journal of Psychology

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Objective: : Few studies have examined whether factors related to suicide ideation alone are also related to suicide plans and attempts. The aim of this study was to examine the psychological and social factors associated with different levels of suicide risk in Australian adolescents. Method: : A sample of 2,552 young people aged 14-16 years completed a detailed survey that included demographic, social, and psychological indicators as well as a four-tier measure of suicidality: occasional ideation, regular ideation, suicide plans, and suicide attempts. Separate statistical models were developed for each level of suicide risk as well as an overall multinomial logistic regression to compare more severe levels of suicidality against occasional ideation. Results: : The results showed that while most well-established predictors were indicative of elevations of each level of suicide risk, only some factors predicted suicide attempts. The highest suicide attempt risk was observed in girls, those who smoked, had romantic relationships, and who had poorer health. Students with concerns about their weight, who used marijuana, who had more negative mood states, and who were in romantic relationships were more likely to have suicide plans. Conclusions: : The results suggest that the identification of young people at highest risk of suicide attempts can be enhanced by focusing on specific indicators, including gender (females higher), smoking and marijuana use, and declines in physical health.

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The influence of psychosocial variables on adolescent suicidal ideation

Abstract: A lack of self-esteem, ineffective coping and particular stressors contributed significantly to the vulnerability of adolescents. Future studies should explore a wider range of dispositional factors that influence effective coping and adjustment in addressing adolescent suicidal ideation.

Cited by 16 publications

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Roles of protective factors and risk factors in suicidal ideation among adolescents in Taiwan

Roles of protective factors and risk factors in suicidal ideation among adolescents in Taiwan

Young Love: Romantic Concerns and Associated Mental Health Issues among Adolescent Help-Seekers

Socio‐demographic, health, and psychological correlates of suicidality severity in Australian adolescents

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