Citation

Domenech E, Canals J, Fernandez-Ballart J. Pers. Individ. Dif. 1992; 13(9): 1055-1057.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0191-8869(92)90139-G

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In a 3-year follow-up study of pubertal children, about 20% of the population were found to have some suicidal ideation. The difference between the sexes was found to be non-significant. In contrast, an association between suicidal ideation and depressive symptomatology appeared only in girls. Moreover, 21.9% of the children having shown some suicidal ideation in the first year, persisted with this ideation in the following 2 years. We suggest the possibility of early detection of suicide risk in schools.