The relationship between parental marital status and suicidal ideation and attempts by gender in adolescents: Results from a nationally representative Korean sample

Gender differences in exposure and vulnerability to psychosocial and behavioral factors of suicide attempt among Korean adolescents

“…Parental remarriage increased suicide attempts in both males and females. This finding is consistent with previous reports that living with a parent and a stepparent was more strongly associated with adolescents' psychological distress and depressive symptoms than living with a single parent (Lee, Namkoong, Choi, & Park, 2014;Rubenstein, Halton, Kasten, Rubin, & Stechler, 1998). Stressful life events related to a parent's remarriage may have significant effects on adolescents' suicidal behavior; adaptation to parental divorce and remarriage could be more stressful than parental divorce alone.…”

“…Stressful life events related to a parent's remarriage may have significant effects on adolescents' suicidal behavior; adaptation to parental divorce and remarriage could be more stressful than parental divorce alone. Additionally, single parents may provide more emotional support to their child, substituting for the lost parent, whereas remarried parents may direct their affections to their new partner (Lee et al, ).…”

A comparative analysis of suicide attempts in left-behind children and non-left-behind children in rural China

“…Furthermore, there is an accumulating body of literature suggesting that children with remarried parents are at increased risk of self-harm and SAs. These children must face a more complicated living situation, requiring communication with their original family as well as step families [ 29 , 35 ]. Our findings support the idea that LBC from remarried families were more at risk for attempting suicide.…”

A 6-year Longitudinal Study of Self-harm and Suicidal Behaviors among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong

“…1,30,31 Xing and colleagues suggested that parental separation restricts opportunities of parent-child interactions and affects adolescents' psychological wellbeing, and thus adolescents become more vulnerable to suicide. 32 Remarried parents also increase the likelihood of self-harm and suicide among the youth, 33 because these young people have to face a more complicated living situation that requires them to communicate with their original family as well as stepfamilies. 34 According to the existing literature, adolescents from nonintact families have a higher prevalence of self-harm and suicidal behaviors than adolescents who grow up in intact families (hypothesis 3).…”