Longitudinal risk factors for suicidal thoughts in depressed and non-depressed young adolescents
Longitudinal risk factors for suicidal thoughts in depressed and non-depressed young adolescents
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DOI:
10.1177/0004867417717795
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发表时间:
2017-09-01
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Wang, Shuu-Jiun
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作者:
Pan, Yi-Ju;Juang, Kai-Dih;Wang, Shuu-Jiun
Objective: Evidence regarding the role of risk factors in the longitudinal course of suicidal ideation among young adolescents is lacking. We aimed to assess the effects of a range of risk factors, including obesity, academic performance, child-parent relationship, physical maltreatment, and depressive symptoms, on the development of suicidal ideation in young adolescents.Methods: A school cohort of seventh and eighth graders was followed for 1year and differences in the risk factors distributions were examined between depressed and non-depressed adolescents. We further examined risk factors for newly developed suicidal ideation and persistent suicidal ideation in the groups of adolescents based on the presence of suicidal ideation at baseline.Results: A total of 1710 young adolescents were recruited, among whom 8.2% were categorised as having clinically significant depression. For depressed adolescents, being obese was associated with a three-fold increased risk of having suicidal ideation. For non-depressed adolescents, physical maltreatment, a feeling of not being cared about and sub-threshold depressive symptoms were the risk factors. The latter two remained robust in predicting newly developed suicidal ideation.Conclusion: The current study may shed light on the differential strategies to address suicidal thoughts in depressed and non-depressed adolescents. We emphasise the importance of recognition and management of sub-threshold depressive symptoms and the relevance of obesity, physical maltreatment and a feeling of not being cared about to suicide prevention programmes in early adolescence.