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Intolerance to Delayed Reward in Girls with Multiple Suicide Attempts
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Mathias, Charles W.; Dougherty, Donald M.; James, Lisa M.; Richard, Dawn M.; Dawes, Michael A.; Acheson, Ashley; Hill-Kapturczak, Nathalie – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2011
Impulsivity has been conceptualized as influencing the expression of suicidal behavior. Adolescence is a developmental period characterized both by a relatively high rate of suicide attempts and a high level of impulsivity. The current study examined two behavioral measures (delay reward and disinhibition) and one self-report measure of…
Descriptors: Females, Suicide, Rewards, Depression (Psychology)
Pathways to Suicidal Behaviors in Childhood
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Greening, Leilani; Stoppelbein, Laura; Fite, Paula; Dhossche, Dirk; Erath, Stephen; Brown, Jacqueline; Cramer, Robert; Young, Laura – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2008
Path analyses were applied to test a model that includes internalizing and externalizing behavior problems as predictors of suicidal behaviors in children. Parents of an inpatient sample of boys (N = 87; M age = 9.81 years) rated the frequency of suicidal ideation and completed standardized measures of behavior problems. Blind raters rated the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Suicide, Depression (Psychology), Child Behavior
The Association of Irritability and Impulsivity with Suicidal Ideation Among 15- to 20-Year-Old Males
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Conner, Kenneth R.; Meldrum, Sean; Wieczorek, William F.; Duberstein, Paul R.; Welte, John W. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2004
Information on the association of impulsivity and measures of aggression with suicidal ideation in adolescents and young adults is limited. Data were gathered from a community sample of 625 adolescent and young adult males. Analyses were based on multivariate generalized estimating equations. Impulsivity and irritability were associated strongly…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Males, Conceptual Tempo, Suicide
Depression in Adults with Intellectual Disability: Symptoms and Challenging Behaviour
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Hurley, A. D. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
Background: Psychiatric evaluation of adults with intellectual disability (ID) remains complex because of limitations in verbal abilities, atypical clinical presentation and challenging behaviour. This study examines the clinical presentation of adults with depression compared with bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders and non-psychiatric control…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Crying, Patients, Verbal Communication
Characteristics of Suicidality among Adolescents.
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Wetzler, Scott; And Others – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1996
Examines the characteristics of suicidality and psychopathology (including depression, aggression, impulsivity, and stressful life events) among four groups of depressed adolescent outpatients. The nonsuicidal group was differentiated from the three suicidal groups on the basis of suicidality and psychopathology. The three suicidal groups were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Aggression, At Risk Persons
Problem Child or Quirky Kid? A Commonsense Guide.
Sommers-Flanagan, Rita; Sommers-Flanagan, John – 2002
Determining whether one's child is just "going through a phase," is just a bit quirky but developing normally, or is in need of professional help can be a complex and confusing process for parents. This book provides parents and caregivers with practical information to differentiate normal and problematic child development, offers tips…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Anger, Attention Control