Developmental Differences in Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts between Ninth and Eleventh Graders

In order to identify differences in risk factors for suicide attempts throughout adolescence, this study utilized a school‐based survey of ninth (n = 1,192) and eleventh graders (N = 1,055). Suicide attempts were associated with cigarette and alcohol use, family violence, and depression for ninth gr...

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Published in:Suicide & life-threatening behavior 2006-04, Vol.36 (2), p.154-166
Main Authors: Hacker, Karen A., Suglia, Shakira F., Fried, Lise E., Rappaport, Nancy, Cabral, Howard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Age Differences
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
At Risk Persons
Biological and medical sciences
Catchment Area (Health)
Child
Child Development
Correlation
Depression (Psychology)
Differences
Drinking
Drug Use
Family Violence
Female
Friendship
Grade 11
Grade 9
High Risk Students
Humans
Individual Development
Male
Massachusetts - epidemiology
Medical sciences
Middle school students
Peer Relationship
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Sexual Abuse
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Street Drugs
Student Surveys
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Suicide
Suicide, Attempted - psychology
Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data
Suicides & suicide attempts
Surveys and Questionnaires
Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
Violence - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:In order to identify differences in risk factors for suicide attempts throughout adolescence, this study utilized a school‐based survey of ninth (n = 1,192) and eleventh graders (N = 1,055). Suicide attempts were associated with cigarette and alcohol use, family violence, and depression for ninth graders and with illicit drug use, school violence, and sexual abuse for eleventh graders, while having friends was protective for both groups. Additionally, having more than one risk factor imparted an exponential risk for suicide attempts (ninth > eleventh graders). The differences detected are consistent with developmental changes of adolescence and represent important information for identification of at‐risk youth.
ISSN:0363-0234
1943-278X
DOI:10.1521/suli.2006.36.2.154