Informant-Specific Correlates of Suicidal Behavior in a Community Survey of 12- to 14-Year-Olds

Breton, Jean-Jacques; Tousignant, Michel; Bergeron, Lise; Berthiaume, Claude

doi:10.1097/00004583-200206000-00012

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“…Confirmatory factor analysis results provided support for a three-factor model in which suicidality (measured with lifetime suicidal ideation and suicide attempts), internalizing disorders (assessed with lifetime diagnoses of major depressive episode and post-traumatic stress disorder), and externalizing disorders (indicated by lifetime diagnoses of conduct disorder, alcohol abuse, and drug abuse) were positively intercorrelated. These results are consistent with previous research that examined suicidality and broadly-defined internalizing and externalizing disorders (Breton et al 2002;Hills et al 2005;Verona et al 2004). That the suicidal ideation and suicide attempt variables loaded on one factor also supports current conceptualizations of a suicide spectrum (e.g., Lewinsohn et al 1996;Van Heeringen 2001).…”

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“…M2b is plausible because it has been argued that internalizing disorders are a necessary component of suicidality (e.g., Isacsson 2006). We predict that the three-factor model (M3) will be the best fit to the data, as this has been supported by previous research (Breton et al 2002;Esposito and Clum 2003). M3 has separate sets of indicators for suicidality (SI and SA), internalizing (MDE and PTSD), and externalizing (CD, AA, and DA) that comprise three related latent factors.…”

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“…Three studies reported a significant relationship between suicidality and both disorder categories (Breton et al 2002;Hills et al 2005;Verona et al 2004), and one study reported a significant relationship between suicidality and the internalizing disorder category only (Esposito and Clum 2003).…”

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“…Moreover, studies of adolescents (Breton et al 2002;Esposito and Clum 2003) and adults (Hills et al 2005;Verona et al 2004) have examined the relationship between suicidality and broadly-defined internalizing and externalizing disorders. Three studies reported a significant relationship between suicidality and both disorder categories (Breton et al 2002;Hills et al 2005;Verona et al 2004), and one study reported a significant relationship between suicidality and the internalizing disorder category only (Esposito and Clum 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…No previous studies on suicidality and that defines internalizing and externalizing disorders broadly have used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA; Breton et al 2002;Esposito and Clum 2003;Hills et al 2005;Verona et al 2004). Yet, this method of analysis provides both general and specific advantages over other techniques such as exploratory factor analysis (EFA) that will improve on previous research.…”

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A Dimensional Model of Psychopathology Among Homeless Adolescents: Suicidality, Internalizing, and Externalizing Disorders

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The present study examined associations among dimensions of suicidality and psychopathology in a sample of 428 homeless adolescents (56.3% female). Confirmatory factor analysis results provided support for a three-factor model in which suicidality (measured with lifetime suicidal ideation and suicide attempts), internalizing disorders (assessed with lifetime diagnoses of major depressive episode and post-traumatic stress disorder), and externalizing disorders (indicated by lifetime diagnoses of conduct disorder, alcohol abuse, and drug abuse) were positively intercorrelated. The findings illustrate the utility of a dimensional approach that integrates suicidality and psychopathology into one model. KeywordsPsychopathology; Suicidality; Internalizing; Externalizing; Homeless adolescents Dimensions of adolescent suicidality and psychopathology are of increased concern to clinicians and researchers (Bridge et al. 2006;Verona et al. 2004). This interest can be attributed to the relatively high prevalence of adolescent suicidal ideation and suicide attempts (Evans et al. 2005) and to suicide being the third leading cause of death among youths ages 15-24 in the USA (Hoyert et al. 2006). Research also indicates both suicidal ideation and suicide attempts increase the risk for completed suicide (Brown et al. 2000). This pattern of increased liability for suicide risk has led to a broader conceptualization of a suicide spectrum ranging from suicidal ideation to attempted and completed suicide (Lewinsohn et al. 1996).Moreover, psychiatric disorders are among the strongest correlates of adolescent suicidality (Bridge et al. 2006). Mood disorders are robust correlates, but post-traumatic stress disorder, conduct disorder, and substance use disorders are also associated with suicidality (Bridge et al. 2006;Evans et al. 2004). Krueger (1999), informed by the work of Achenbach (Achenbach and McConaughy 1997), developed a dimensional model of psychopathology and clustered psychiatric diagnoses into internalizing and externalizing disorders. As specific psychiatric disorders from both clusters are related to suicidal ideation and attempts, there is interest in linking the suicide spectrum to these broader dimensions of psychopathology (Hills et al. 2005;Verona et al. 2004).Our study expands on this work by including the internalizing and externalizing dimensions of psychopathology in a structural model of adolescent suicidality using a sample of homeless adolescents. Suicidality is measured with lifetime suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, internalizing psychopathology with lifetime diagnoses of major depressive episode and posttraumatic stress disorder, and externalizing psychopathology with lifetime diagnoses of conduct disorder, alcohol abuse, and drug abuse. We use confirmatory factor analysis to examine covariances among dimensions of suicidality, internalizing, and externalizing disorders. Internalizing and Externalizing DisordersAchenbach used an empirical approach to derive two broad dimensions (internalizing...

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confidence: 66%

Section: Internalizing and Externalizing Disorder Categories And Suicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Internalizing and Externalizing Disorder Categories And Suicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Contributions Of the Present Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Validation of diagnoses of distress disorders in the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS‐A)

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Gruber

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Research diagnostic interviews need to discriminate between closely related disorders in order to allow comorbidity among mental disorders to be studied reliably. Yet conventional studies of diagnostic validity generally focus on single disorders and do not examine discriminant validity. The current study examines the validity of fully-structured diagnoses of closely-related distress disorders (generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive episode, and dysthymic disorder) in the lay-administered Composite International Diagnostic Interview Version 3.0 (CIDI) with independent clinical diagnoses based on the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children (K-SADS) in the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A). The NCS-A is a national survey of DSM-IV mental disorders among 10,148 adolescents. A probability subsample of 347 of these adolescents and their parents were administered blinded follow-up K-SADS interviews. Good concordance (AUC; area under the receiver operating characteristic curve) was found between diagnoses based on the CIDI and the K-SADS for generalized anxiety disorder (AUC = .78), post-traumatic stress disorder (AUC = .79), and major depressive episode/dysthymic disorder (AUC = .86). Further, the CIDI was able to effectively discriminate among different types of distress disorders in the sub-sample of respondents with any distress disorder.

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Informant-Specific Correlates of Suicidal Behavior in a Community Survey of 12- to 14-Year-Olds

Cited by 68 publications

References 34 publications

A Dimensional Model of Psychopathology Among Homeless Adolescents: Suicidality, Internalizing, and Externalizing Disorders

A Dimensional Model of Psychopathology Among Homeless Adolescents: Suicidality, Internalizing, and Externalizing Disorders

Validation of diagnoses of distress disorders in the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS‐A)

Prevalence and comorbidity of borderline personality traits in the Quebec general population aged 12–14 years

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