Citation

Kashani JH, Goddard P, Reid JC. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 1989; 28(6): 912-917.

Erratum On

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1990 Mar;29(2):314

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2808262

Abstract

The correlates of suicidal ideation were studied in a community sample of 210 children and adolescents. Psychopathology of the child by the child's report and by the parent's report was analyzed, as well as analysis of the psychopathology of the parent. Fourteen children corrected. in this sample reported suicidal ideation. Parents were generally not aware of their children's suicidal ideations. Children who reported suicidal ideation showed significantly more psychopathology than children who did not. The parents of children with suicidal ideation reported that their children had more externalizing but fewer internalizing symptoms than reported by their children. Parents of children who reported suicidal ideations were themselves experiencing a greater intensity of psychological distress. The implications of these results are discussed.

Language: en