SUICIDAL THINKING IN THE CHILDREN OF DEPRESSED AND WELL PARENTS

本研究的目的是：1）调查的发生和性质， 儿童自杀意念和自杀姿势的相关因素研究 在母亲的诊断特征，和3）比较，临床， 自杀者的发展、人口统计学、年龄和性别特征， 非自杀儿童。 在一项纵向研究中， 来自三个母体诊断类别的配对，对照，单极， 双极，在六年内被发现三次。 后代严重度 自杀行为的评定是基于工具项目的。 老年 在第三阶段，兄弟姐妹的评分总体上有显著差异（p <.03）;对照组与双相组之间，双相后代的评级 显著更高（p <0.05）。 后代的自杀行为 发现与母亲的精神病理学和孩子的年龄有关，但不是 性别.

The aims of this study are: 1) to investigate the occurrence and nature of children's suicidal thoughts and gestures; 2) to study the related factors in maternal diagnostic characteristics, and 3) to compare, the clinical, developmental, demographic, age, and gender characteristics of suicidal and non-suicidal children. In a longitudinal study, 115 biological sibling pairs from three maternal diagnostic categories, Controls, Unipolars, Bipolars, were seen at three times across six years. Offspring severity ratings of suicidal behavior were instrument item based. Among older siblings at Time III, ratings were significantly different overall (p <.03); between control vs. bipolar groups, ratings of bipolar offspring were significantly higher (p <.05). Suicidal behavior in offspring was found to relate to maternal psychopathology and child's age, but not gender.