TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Parent-offspring conflict and cost-benefit analysis in adolescent suicidal behavior
JO  - Human nature
A1  - Andrews, Paul W.
SP  - 190
EP  - 211
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
N2  - 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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1045-6767
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12110-006-1017-8
ID  - ref1
ER  -