TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Contribution of risk and resilience factors to suicidality among mental health-help-seeking adolescent outpatients: a cross-sectional study
JO  - Journal of clinical medicine
A1  - Shilton, Tal
A1  - Hertz-Palmor, Nimrod
A1  - Matalon, Noam
A1  - Shani, Shachar
A1  - Dekel, Idit
A1  - Gothelf, Doron
A1  - Barzilay, Ran
SP  - e1974
EP  - e1974
VL  - 12
IS  - 5
N2  - BACKGROUND: Peer victimization is an established risk factor for youth suicidal thoughts and behavior (suicidality), yet most peer-victimized youth are not suicidal. More data are needed pertaining to factors that confer resilience to youth suicidality. <br><br>AIM: To identify resilience factors for youth suicidality in a sample of N = 104 (Mean age 13.5 years, 56% female) outpatient mental health help-seeking adolescents. <br><br>METHODS: Participants completed self-report questionnaires on their first outpatient visit, including the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions, a battery of risk (peer victimization and negative life events) and resilience (self-reliance, emotion regulation, close relationships and neighborhood) measures. <br><br>RESULTS: 36.5% of participants screened positive for suicidality. Peer victimization was positively associated with suicidality (odds ratio [OR] = 3.84, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.95-8.62, p < 0.001), while an overall multi-dimensional measure of resilience factors was inversely associated with suicidality (OR, 95% CI = 0.28, 0.11-0.59, p = 0.002). Nevertheless, high peer victimization was found to be associated with a greater chance of suicidality across all levels of resilience (marked by non-significant peer victimization by resilience interaction, p = 0.112). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study provides evidence for the protective association of resilience factors and suicidality in a psychiatric outpatient population. The findings may suggest that interventions that enhance resilience factors may mitigate suicidality risk.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2077-0383
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12051974
ID  - ref1
ER  -