@article{ref1,
title="An analysis of adolescent suicide attempts: the expendable child",
journal="Journal of pediatric psychology",
year="1990",
author="Woznica, J. G. and Shapiro, J. R.",
volume="15",
number="6",
pages="789-796",
abstract="Assessed the concept of the &quot;expendable child&quot; syndrome proposed by Sabbath (1969) as a contributing factor in adolescent suicide attempts. It was hypothesized that suicidal adolescents would be rated higher on a measure of &quot;expendability&quot; than would a psychiatric control group of adolescents with no known history of suicide attempts or ideation. Forty adolescents, ages 13-24, who had been seen in psychotherapy at a teen-age health clinic, were rated by their psychotherapists on suicidality and a 12-item scale of expendability (a sense of being unwanted and/or a burden on the family). As predicted, suicidal adolescents received significantly higher ratings on the expendability measure than non-suicidal adolescents. Results support the concept that feeling expendable is a characteristic of suicidal adolescents. Implications for prevention and treatment of adolescent suicidality are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0146-8693",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}