Citation

Bertera EM. Child Adolesc. Soc. Work J. 2007; 24(6): 523-538.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10560-007-0104-y

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Abstract

The role of positive and negative social exchanges between adolescents, their peers and family as predictors of suicide ideation was investigated in a national random sample of 1591 adolescents from the US National Comorbidity Survey. Four indexes measured socio-emotional exchanges by type (positive or negative) and by source (family or peers). Negative exchanges with family were associated with increased suicide ideation scores in younger (15-17) but not in older (18-19) adolescents. Positive support provided as significant buffering effect that was age-specific and independent of gender, income or mood disorders. Providers, especially social workers need to identify both positive and negative exchanges that adolescents experience with family and peers. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Language: en

Keywords

Adolescents; Mental health; Suicide ideation; Mood disorders; Positive and negative social exchanges