Citation

Hardt J, Egle UT, Johnson JG. Psychosoc. Med. 2007; 4: Doc12.

Affiliation

Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, GMS)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19742293

PMCID

PMC2736528

Abstract

Objective: To compare the characteristics of recalled parent-child relationships in suicide attempters vs. non-attemptersMethods: A total of 509 patients - 249 presenting with pain at a psychosomatic clinic and 260 from the offices of general practitioners - were interviewed retrospectively about suicide attempts and parent-child relationships.Results: The overall rate of those reporting a suicide attempt was 17%. Bivariate analyses showed associations of poor parent-child relationships with suicide attempts throughout. In a multivariate analysis, the combinations high maternal control*low perceived love (p<.001) and high control*high role reversal (p=.002) were associated with particularly elevated risks for suicide attempts. Conclusion: Beside the two most extensively explored dimensions of parent-child relationships, parental affection and control, one other dimension, role reversal, also contributes strongly to risk for offspring suicide attempts and should be considered in future studies.

Language: en