%0 Journal Article
%T Risk-taking behavior and adolescent suicide attempts
%J Suicide and life-threatening behavior
%D 2003
%A Boergers, J.
%A Donaldson, D.
%A Spirito, Anthony
%A Stanton, Cassandra
%V 33
%N 1
%P 74-79
%X This study examined the overall rates of common risk-taking behaviors in a sample of 109 adolescents, aged 13 to 18 years, who made a suicide attempt, compared to a matched control sample of 218 adolescents in the community. No differences in either the total number of risk-taking behavior or the frequency of individual risk-taking behaviors were found. These findings suggest that suicide attempts in adolescents are not a function of risk-taking behavior.
%G 
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0363-0234
%U http://dx.doi.org/