TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Suicide attempts and retrospective reports about parent-child relationships: evidence for the affectionless control hypothesis
JO  - Psycho-social medicine
A1  - Hardt, J.
A1  - Egle, U. T.
A1  - Johnson, J. G.
SP  - Doc12
EP  - Doc12
VL  - 4
IS  - 
N2  - Objective: To compare the characteristics of recalled parent-child relationships in suicide attempters vs. non-attemptersMethods: A total of 509 patients - 249 presenting with pain at a psychosomatic clinic and 260 from the offices of general practitioners - were interviewed retrospectively about suicide attempts and parent-child relationships.Results: The overall rate of those reporting a suicide attempt was 17%. Bivariate analyses showed associations of poor parent-child relationships with suicide attempts throughout. In a multivariate analysis, the combinations high maternal control*low perceived love (p<.001) and high control*high role reversal (p=.002) were associated with particularly elevated risks for suicide attempts. Conclusion: Beside the two most extensively explored dimensions of parent-child relationships, parental affection and control, one other dimension, role reversal, also contributes strongly to risk for offspring suicide attempts and should be considered in future studies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1860-5214
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -