@article{ref1,
title="Parent-offspring conflict and cost-benefit analysis in adolescent suicidal behavior",
journal="Human nature",
year="2006",
author="Andrews, Paul W.",
volume="17",
number="2",
pages="190-211",
abstract="Data on birth order and parent-offspring relations for 1,601 adolescents participating in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were used to test hypotheses about the role of adolescent suicidal behavior in parent-offspring conflict. Among adolescents highly dissatisfied with their mothers, the odds that middleborns would make at least one suicide attempt was 23% that of first- and lastborns (p<.001), but their odds of receiving medical treatment for their attempts was 8.5 times greater than the odds for first- and lastborns (p=.032). The results are tentatively interpreted as supporting the hypothesis that adolescents use suicide attempts to leverage investment from their parents.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1045-6767",
doi="10.1007/s12110-006-1017-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12110-006-1017-8"
}