Exposure to violence in young inner-city adolescents: Relationships with suicidal ideation, depression, and PTSD symptomatology
Exposure to violence in young inner-city adolescents: Relationships with suicidal ideation, depression, and PTSD symptomatology
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1021900423004
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发表时间：
1999-06-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Reynolds, WM
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作者：
Mazza, JJ;Reynolds, WM
这项研究调查了来自市中心一所学校的 94 名青少年，接触暴力与自杀意念、抑郁症和创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 症状之间的关系。参与者完成了雷诺兹青少年抑郁量表、自杀意念问卷-初级、青少年精神病理学量表-创伤后应激障碍子量表以及暴力暴露问卷的自我报告测量。使用分层多元回归设计，暴力暴露与 PTSD 症状之间存在独特的关系。具体而言，在控制抑郁症和自杀意念严重程度后，暴力暴露与 PTSD 症状之间的关系仍然显着。控制 PTSD 症状后发现青少年暴力暴露与抑郁和自杀意念之间的关系不显着。其他分析表明，创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）是暴力暴露与抑郁和自杀意念之间的中介变量。讨论了这些结果的意义和对未来研究的建议。
This study examined the relationship of exposure to violence to suicidal ideation, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology in 94 young adolescents from an inner-city school. Participants completed self-report measures of the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale, the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire-Junior, Adolescent Psychopathology Scale-Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Subscale, and the Exposure to Violence Questionnaire. Using a hierarchical multiple regression design, exposure to violence demonstrated a unique relationship with PTSD symptomatology. Specifically, the relationship between violence exposure and PTSD symptomatology remained significant after controlling for depression and suicidal ideation severity. Controlling for PTSD symptomatology resulted in nonsignificant relationships between violence exposure and depression and suicidal ideation in adolescents. Additional analyses suggest that PTSD functions as a mediating variable between exposure to violence and depression and suicidal ideation. The implication of these results and suggestions for future research are discussed.