Childhood Neglect and Adolescent Suicidal Ideation: a Moderated Mediation Model of Hope and Depression

Using data collected on a two-wave longitudinal sample of 910 adolescents with mean age of 13.68 years in Hong Kong, China, this survey aimed to test a moderated mediation model to account for the developmental pathway from childhood experiences of neglect to suicidal ideation in adolescents. Result...

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Published in:Prevention science 2019-07, Vol.20 (5), p.632-642
Main Authors: Kwok, Sylvia Y. C. L., Gu, Minmin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Child
Child Abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Child and School Psychology
Child welfare
Childhood
Childhood experiences
Childhood factors
Depression - psychology
Female
Health Psychology
Hong Kong
Hope
Humans
Intervention
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mediation
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental depression
Models, Psychological
Public Health
Self destructive behavior
Suicidal Ideation
Suicide
Teenagers
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Summary:Using data collected on a two-wave longitudinal sample of 910 adolescents with mean age of 13.68 years in Hong Kong, China, this survey aimed to test a moderated mediation model to account for the developmental pathway from childhood experiences of neglect to suicidal ideation in adolescents. Results showed that adolescents who were neglected as children had higher levels of suicidal ideation; furthermore, this relation was mediated by adolescents’ depressive symptoms, while the path between adolescents’ depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation was moderated by adolescents’ sense of hope. Findings of this study imply that intervention and services that help prevent childhood neglect, alleviate depression, and promote hope are potentially important to decrease adolescent suicidal ideation.
ISSN:1389-4986
1573-6695
DOI:10.1007/s11121-018-0962-x