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The Association Among Negative Life Events, Perceived Problem Solving Alternatives, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients
Author(s) -
Adams Jerry,
Adams Michael
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01463.x
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , psychology , depression (economics) , association (psychology) , psychiatry , clinical psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , psychotherapist , medical emergency , medicine , economics , macroeconomics
Previous research demonstrated that the combination of a negative life event (NLE) and less constructive perceived problem solving alternatives (PPSAs) was associated with more depression in unselected adolescents. This study investigated these variables and their association with suicidal ideation in 80 adolescent psychiatric patients. Depressed patients reported more negative effects from NLEs, particularly family conflict and academic failure, and were more likely to consider self‐destructive PPSAs than their less depressed counterparts. The impacts of NLEs and negative PPSAs were independently associated with both depression and suicidal ideation for this population, in contrast to non‐patients.