Citation

Brinkman-Sull DC, Overholser JC, Silverman E. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2000; 30(4): 327-340.

Affiliation

Center for Research, Quality Improvement and Training, Applewood Centers, Inc, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11210058

Abstract

This study investigated potential predictors of suicidal behavior in adolescents during an 18-month follow-up period. Subjects included 60 adolescent psychiatric inpatients initially assessed in a private psychiatric hospital. Follow-up suicidality was most strongly predicted by high intake levels of hopelessness, and an increase in or persistent problems with depression during follow-up. Some family functioning variables measured at intake were predictive of suicidal behavior at the univariate level but did not add to the predictive ability of individual functioning variables. A mediational model was proposed in which the impact of family functioning on adolescent suicidality is mediated by its impact on individual functioning.