Erinn B Duprey1, Elizabeth D Handley2, Jody Todd Manly3, Dante Cicchetti4, Sheree L Toth5. 1. Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden Blvd, Rochester, NY, United States; Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, 187 Edinburgh St, Rochester, NY, United States. Electronic address: Erinn_Duprey@urmc.rochester.edu. 2. Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, 187 Edinburgh St, Rochester, NY, United States. Electronic address: Elizabeth_Handley@URMC.Rochester.edu. 3. Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, 187 Edinburgh St, Rochester, NY, United States. Electronic address: Jody_Manly@URMC.Rochester.edu. 4. Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, 187 Edinburgh St, Rochester, NY, United States; Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, 51 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN, United States. Electronic address: cicchett@umn.edu. 5. Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, 187 Edinburgh St, Rochester, NY, United States. Electronic address: Sheree_Toth@URMC.Rochester.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Exposure to child maltreatment is a well-known risk factor for suicide ideation among adolescents. Recent stressful life events may also contribute to this risk. However, the association between these risk factors is unclear in the etiology of suicide ideation for adolescents from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. OBJECTIVE: The present study tested the stress generation and stress sensitivity hypotheses in relation to child maltreatment, recent stressful life events (in the past year), and suicide ideation (in the past two weeks). PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: We utilized a sample of diverse, socioeconomically disadvantaged, depressed adolescent girls (N = 175) who were part of a depression treatment intervention. RESULTS: Child maltreatment was significantly associated with adolescent suicide ideation, β = .40, p < .001. Results supported the stress sensitivity hypothesis, in that exposure to interpersonal stressors in the past year exacerbated the association between child maltreatment and adolescents' suicide ideation, β = .18, p < .05. We found evidence for a protective factor, cognitive reappraisal, in the association between stressful life events and suicide ideation, β = -.15, p < .05. CONCLUSIONS: These findings have several implications for clinical practice and suicide prevention with adolescent girls, and contribute to the extant literature on the role of chronic and acute stress in the etiology of adolescent suicide ideation.
BACKGROUND: Exposure to child maltreatment is a well-known risk factor for suicide ideation among adolescents. Recent stressful life events may also contribute to this risk. However, the association between these risk factors is unclear in the etiology of suicide ideation for adolescents from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. OBJECTIVE: The present study tested the stress generation and stress sensitivity hypotheses in relation to child maltreatment, recent stressful life events (in the past year), and suicide ideation (in the past two weeks). PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: We utilized a sample of diverse, socioeconomically disadvantaged, depressed adolescent girls (N = 175) who were part of a depression treatment intervention. RESULTS: Child maltreatment was significantly associated with adolescent suicide ideation, β = .40, p < .001. Results supported the stress sensitivity hypothesis, in that exposure to interpersonal stressors in the past year exacerbated the association between child maltreatment and adolescents' suicide ideation, β = .18, p < .05. We found evidence for a protective factor, cognitive reappraisal, in the association between stressful life events and suicide ideation, β = -.15, p < .05. CONCLUSIONS: These findings have several implications for clinical practice and suicide prevention with adolescent girls, and contribute to the extant literature on the role of chronic and acute stress in the etiology of adolescent suicide ideation.
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