TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - The influence of negative life events on adolescent suicidal ideation: longitudinal mediating effect of emotional problems
JO  - Journal of Adolescence
A1  - Ling, Yu
A1  - Chen, Yuling
A1  - Zhang, Yu
A1  - Scott Huebner, E.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - INTRODUCTION: Youth suicide is a worldwide public health and social issue. Suicidal ideation (SI), which spans a spectrum of thoughts from mild cognitions about death to serious and specific plans about taking one's life, is a significant risk factor for actual completed suicide. Thus, it is important to identify the environmental factors and psychological mechanisms that affect SI in adolescents. <br><br>METHODS: A sample of 607 Chinese high school students (M(age) = 16.20, SD = 0.55) participated. Latent growth curve modeling was used to examine developmental trends in emotional problems and SI, incorporating a four-wave longitudinal design over a 1-year interval. A longitudinal mediation model was constructed to examine the effects of the intercept and slope of emotional problems in the relation between negative life events and SI. <br><br>RESULTS: The results indicated that: (1) adolescents demonstrated a linear decrease in emotional problems and SI during the follow-up period, and the higher the initial level, the slower the growth rate; (2) negative life events demonstrated a significant positive predictive effect on the initial level of adolescent SI; and (3) negative life events played an indirect role in the initial level of adolescent SI through the initial level of emotional problems. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Negative life events and emotional problems are influential factors in the level of SI in adolescents; however, further research is needed regarding the rate of change in SI.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0140-1971
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jad.12167
ID  - ref1
ER  -