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Perception of rejecting and neglectful parenting in childhood relates to lifetime suicide attempts for females – but not for males
Author(s) -
Ehnvall A.,
Parker G.,
HadziPavlovic D.,
Malhi G.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01124.x
Subject(s) - psychology , suicide prevention , perception , injury prevention , depression (economics) , poison control , mood , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , clinical psychology , psychiatry , suicide attempt , developmental psychology , medicine , medical emergency , pathology , neuroscience , economics , macroeconomics
Objective: To examine the hypothesis that lifetime suicide attempts in a sample of depressed individuals is greater among those who remember their parents as rejecting or neglecting in childhood. Method: Database analyses of patients referred to a public hospital Mood Disorders Unit in Sydney, over a consecutive 10‐year period. Patients met DSM‐IV criteria for depression, had completed a self‐report questionnaire regarding perception of parental rearing, and had responded to a probe question assessing lifetime suicide attempts ( n = 343). Results: Female patients who perceived themselves as rejected/neglected by either parent in childhood had a greater chance of making at least one lifetime suicide attempt. No such associations were found for males. Conclusion: Perception of rejecting/neglectful parents was associated with lifetime suicide attempts in females only, inviting research explicating any such gender specificity.