Adolescents from one parent, stepparent and intact families: emotional problems and suicide attempts

Garnefski, Nadia; Diekstra, René F. W.

doi:10.1006/jado.1996.0077

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“…These family variables are therefore generally risk factors of suicidal behavior during adolescence, which is similar to most previous reports showing adolescent suicide attempters often suffer from a greater dysfunctional family dynamic environment than nonattempters [8,12,[20][21][22].…”

Section: Stressful Family Life Events As Risk Factors Of Adolescent Ssupporting

confidence: 72%

Family Factors Associated With Suicide Attempts Among Chinese Adolescent Students: A National Cross-Sectional Survey

Xing

Tao

Wan

et al. 2010

Journal of Adolescent Health

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Section: Stressful Family Life Events As Risk Factors Of Adolescent Ssupporting

confidence: 72%

Family Factors Associated With Suicide Attempts Among Chinese Adolescent Students: A National Cross-Sectional Survey

Xing

Tao

Wan

et al. 2010

Journal of Adolescent Health

135

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“…Garniefski and Diekstra have reported an association with an elevated rate of attempted suicide for boys living with a step-parent [41]. In our study, the presence of a stepparent in the family structure was found to increase the probability of adolescent reporting suicidal thoughts.…”

Section: Family Structuresupporting

confidence: 51%

Suicidal thoughts and depressive feelings amongst Estonian schoolchildren: effect of family relationship and family structure

Samm

Tooding

Sisask

et al. 2009

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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To cite this version:Algi Abstract Depressive feelings and suicidal ideation in a non-clinical sample of adolescents in Estonia were analysed in the context of family structure, mutual relationships amongst family members and schoolchildren's preferences regarding intimate personal contacts with particular family members. Data from the WHO collaborative study 'Health Behaviour in School-aged Children 2005/ 2006' (HBSC) were used. A representative sample of schoolchildren aged 11, 13 and 15 years completed the semi-structured questionnaire. The analyses included only adolescents living in households with at least one birth parent. The subjects were 4,389 schoolchildren (2,178 boys and 2,211 girls), who were divided into three groups based on: (1) suicidal thoughts, with or without depressive feelings; (2) depressive feelings; and (3) neither suicidal thoughts nor depressive feelings. Multinomial logistic regression was used. The proportion of depressive feelings increased with age for both boys and girls. Girls expressed depressive feelings more frequently than boys from ages 13 and 15 years, and suicidal thoughts from age 15 years. Self-reported satisfaction with relationships in the family reduced the likelihood of depressive feelings and suicidal thoughts. Good communication with the parents reduced the likelihood of suicidal thoughts in all age groups. Adolescents who were satisfied with their family relationships suffered less frequently from depressive feelings and suicidal thoughts. The best environment for an adolescent was a family with both birth parents. Of the adolescents in 'non-intact' families, those with a step-parent in the family showed suicidal thoughts more frequently than those in single-parent families. Associations between family-related variables and suicidal thoughts were significant even after adjusting for family economic deprivation score.

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“…16 The same perspective is echoed by Wilson. 17 Several other analyses linked poverty with pregnancy risk 6,16,17 and adolescent smoking. 1,18 Therefore, interest also has focused on family structure to explain weapon carrying, 19 sexual behaviors, 20 violence, 21 suicidality, 22 smoking, 23 and alcohol and drug use. [24][25][26] To date, most population-based surveys of youths have been too limited in size to partial out the discrete contribution of key sociodemographic factors.…”

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The effects of race/ethnicity, income, and family structure on adolescent risk behaviors

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A B S T R A C TObjectives. The study examined the unique and combined contributions of race/ethnicity, income, and family structure to adolescent cigarette smoking, alcohol use, involvement with violence, suicidal thoughts or attempts, and sexual intercourse.Methods. Analyses were based on the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. A nationally representative sample of 7th to 12th graders participated in in-home interviews, as did a resident parent for 85.6% of the adolescent subjects. The final sample included 10 803 White, Black, and Hispanic 7th to 12th graders.Results. White adolescents were more likely to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, and attempt suicide in the younger years than were Black and Hispanic youths. Black youths were more likely to have had sexual intercourse; both Black and Hispanic youths were more likely than White teens to engage in violence. Controlling for gender, race/ ethnicity, income, and family structure together explained no more than 10% of the variance in each of the 5 risk behaviors among younger adolescents and no more than 7% among older youths.Conclusions. Findings suggest that when taken together, race/ethnicity, income, and family structure provide only limited understanding of adolescent risk

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Adolescents from one parent, stepparent and intact families: emotional problems and suicide attempts

Cited by 102 publications

References 7 publications

Family Factors Associated With Suicide Attempts Among Chinese Adolescent Students: A National Cross-Sectional Survey

Family Factors Associated With Suicide Attempts Among Chinese Adolescent Students: A National Cross-Sectional Survey

Suicidal thoughts and depressive feelings amongst Estonian schoolchildren: effect of family relationship and family structure

The effects of race/ethnicity, income, and family structure on adolescent risk behaviors

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