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Hill, Ryan M.; Pettit, Jeremy W.; Green, Kelly L.; Morgan, Sharon T.; Schatte, Dawnelle J. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2012
Factors distinguishing adolescents who experienced a precipitating event in the week preceding a suicidal crisis from those who did not were examined. Among 130 suicidal inpatients (mean age = 15.01 years), those who experienced a precipitating event reported significantly lower depressive symptom scores, better perceived problem solving, less…
Descriptors: Evidence, Suicide, Patients, Stress Variables
Todd, Sherry Malana – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Suicide is a deliberate act of annihilation against one's self due to a crisis of problem solving. Far too many youth are dying by their own hands resulting in suicide being the third leading cause of death for 10-19 year olds (CDC, 2005). Suicide is particularly problematic for adolescents due to the impulsivity inherent in adolescent…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, Grade 9, Depression (Psychology)
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Brodsky, Beth S.; Groves, Shelly A.; Oquendo, Maria A.; Mann, J. John; Stanley, Barbara – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2006
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is often characterized by multiple low lethality suicide attempts triggered by seemingly minor incidents, and less commonly by high lethality attempts that are attributed to impulsiveness or comorbid major depression. The relationships among life events, impulsiveness, and type of suicidal behavior has hardly…
Descriptors: Suicide, Personality Problems, Depression (Psychology), Experience
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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
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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
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