Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ619329
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Assessing African American Adolescents' Risk for Suicide Attempts: Attachment Theory.
Lyon, Maureen E.; Benoit, Marilyn; O'Donnell, Regina M.; Getson, Pamela R.; Silber, Tomas; Walsh, Thomas
Adolescence, v35 n137 p121-34 Spr 2000
Evaluates risk factors in African American adolescent suicide attempters (n=51) and nonsuicidal (n=124) adolescents. Results show that threat of separation from a parental figure, insomnia, neglect, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, and failing grades were the strongest predictors of suicide attempt. Unexpected findings include high levels of truancy, threatening others, and separation from a parent before age 12 among nonattempters. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Blacks, High Risk Students, Predictor Variables, Suicide
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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