TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent suicidal behaviors as a function of depression, hopelessness, alcohol use, and social support
T2 - A longitudinal investigation
AU - Reifman, Alan
AU - Windle, Michael
PY - 1995/6
Y1 - 1995/6
N2 - Surveyed two high school cohorts (ns=698 and 283) to study independent prospective predictors of adolescent suicidal behaviors (thoughts, communicatio to others, attempts). Within each cohort, there were two measurements conducted 6 months apart. Structural equation models were tested, with depressive symptoms, hopelessness, alcohol consumption, social support, and gender serving as predictors. In the larger cohort, depression predicted later levels of all three suicidal behaviors controlling for baseline suicidal behaviors. Also, suicidal thoughts predicted later communications, and suicide attempts predicted future thoughts. In the smaller cohort, alcohol consumption predicted all three suicidal behaviors at the later measurement, whereas depression was predictive only of later thoughts. Major issues regarding prevention, theories of suicide and negative affect, and methodological/analytical approaches were discussed.
AB - Surveyed two high school cohorts (ns=698 and 283) to study independent prospective predictors of adolescent suicidal behaviors (thoughts, communicatio to others, attempts). Within each cohort, there were two measurements conducted 6 months apart. Structural equation models were tested, with depressive symptoms, hopelessness, alcohol consumption, social support, and gender serving as predictors. In the larger cohort, depression predicted later levels of all three suicidal behaviors controlling for baseline suicidal behaviors. Also, suicidal thoughts predicted later communications, and suicide attempts predicted future thoughts. In the smaller cohort, alcohol consumption predicted all three suicidal behaviors at the later measurement, whereas depression was predictive only of later thoughts. Major issues regarding prevention, theories of suicide and negative affect, and methodological/analytical approaches were discussed.
KW - adolescent
KW - alcohol
KW - depression
KW - hopelessness
KW - social support
KW - suicide
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029320046&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/BF02506948
DO - 10.1007/BF02506948
M3 - Article
C2 - 7572835
AN - SCOPUS:0029320046
SN - 0091-0562
VL - 23
SP - 329
EP - 354
JO - American Journal of Community Psychology
JF - American Journal of Community Psychology
IS - 3
ER -