@article{ref1,
title="Perception of rejecting and neglectful parenting in childhood relates to lifetime suicide attempts for females - but not for males",
journal="Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica",
year="2007",
author="Ehnvall, A. and Parker, G. and Hadzi-Pavlovic, Dusan and Malhi, G.",
volume="117",
number="1",
pages="50 - 56",
abstract="Objective: To examine the hypothesis that lifetime suicide attempts in a sample of depressed individuals is greater among those who remember their parents as rejecting or neglecting in childhood. Method: Database analyses of patients referred to a public hospital Mood Disorders Unit in Sydney, over a consecutive 10-year period. Patients met DSM-IV criteria for depression, had completed a self-report questionnaire regarding perception of parental rearing, and had responded to a probe question assessing lifetime suicide attempts (n = 343). Results: Female patients who perceived themselves as rejected/neglected by either parent in childhood had a greater chance of making at least one lifetime suicide attempt. No such associations were found for males. Conclusion: Perception of rejecting/neglectful parents was associated with lifetime suicide attempts in females only, inviting research explicating any such gender specificity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-690X",
doi="10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01124.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01124.x"
}