Incorporating the Developmental Considerations in a Proposed Forgiveness Education Intervention for Suicidal Adolescents

This paper first explores the risk factors associated with adolescents’ suicidal thoughts, attempts, and behaviors within different developmental domains and in the environment, using the developmental systems theory (DST). The most frequently identified risk factor for suicide, psychological pain,...

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Published in:Education sciences 2024-09, Vol.14 (9), p.925
Main Authors: Wang Xu, Jiahe, Huang, Shih-Tseng Tina, Enright, Robert D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent Development
adolescent suicidality
Aggression
Anger
Anxiety
Brain
Care and treatment
Child development
Children & youth
Death
Decision Making
Depression (Psychology)
Developmental Stages
Early Adolescents
Families & family life
Family Problems
forgiveness education intervention
Late Adolescents
Mental depression
Pain
Parent Caregiver Relationship
Peer Groups
Peer Relationship
psychological pain
Psychopathology
Risk factors
Social Structure
Suicidal behavior
Suicidal ideation
Suicide
Suicides & suicide attempts
System theory
Systems Approach
Teenagers
Young adults
Youth
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Summary:This paper first explores the risk factors associated with adolescents’ suicidal thoughts, attempts, and behaviors within different developmental domains and in the environment, using the developmental systems theory (DST). The most frequently identified risk factor for suicide, psychological pain, is examined in terms of its nature, expression, and possible cause. This paper criticizes the current empirical research of suicidal adolescents’ interventions on two issues: (1) lack of concern for fundamental issues in lifespan development and (2) inadequate treatment of the emotional needs resulting from the psychological pain in adolescents. Finally, this paper proposes forgiveness education intervention as targeting the emotional needs, particularly psychological pain, for suicidal adolescents.
ISSN:2227-7102
2227-7102
DOI:10.3390/educsci14090925