Citation

Gewirtz AH, DeGarmo DS, Zamir O. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2016; 46(Suppl 1): S23-S31.

Affiliation

Institute for Translational Research in Children's Mental Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/sltb.12255

PMID

27094107

Abstract

Few studies have examined whether parenting prevention programs might mitigate risk for suicidality in parents, yet parent suicidality is a strong risk factor for offspring suicidality. We report results from a randomized controlled trial of a parenting program for deployed National Guard and Reserve families with a school-aged child. Intent-to-treat analyses showed that random assignment to the parenting program (ADAPT) was associated with improved parenting locus of control (LOC). Improved parenting LOC was concurrently associated with strengthened emotion regulation which predicted reductions in psychological distress and suicidal ideation at 12 months postbaseline.

RESULTS are discussed in the context of ongoing efforts to reduce suicide rates in military populations.

© 2016 The American Association of Suicidology.

Language: en