Risk factors for serious suicide attempts among youths aged 13 through 24 years
Risk factors for serious suicide attempts among youths aged 13 through 24 years
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DOI:
10.1097/00004583-199609000-00015
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发表时间:
1996-09-01
影响因子:
13.3
通讯作者:
Mulder, RT
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作者:
Beautrais, AL;Joyce, PR;Mulder, RT
Objective: To examine associations between a series of sociodemographic factors, childhood experiences, and mental disorders and risk of serious suicide attempt in young people aged 13 through 24 years and to explore the joint relationship between these factors and vulnerability to serious suicide attempt. Method: The study used a case-control design in which a sample of 129 young people who had made serious suicide attempts was contrasted with 153 randomly selected community controls. Measures included sociodemographic factors (educational qualifications, annual income, residential mobility), childhood experiences (parental relationship, parental care, childhood sexual abuse), and psychiatric morbidity. Results: On the basis of multiple logistic regression, those malting serious suicide attempts reported elevated rates of sociodemographic disadvantage (p