Attempted suicide and repeated attempts from adolescence to early adulthood: depression and
stressful events
Engelsk titel: Attempted suicide and repeated attempts from adolescence to early adulthood: depression and
stressful events
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Författare:
Sund, Anne Mari
;
Nrugham, Latha
;
Holen, Are
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 37
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 15103482
Sammanfattning
Background & Aim: The current study examined non-attempters,
attempters and repeaters of suicide attempts in relation to stressful
life events and their levels of depression symptoms in an extracted
subset that was followed up from adolescence into early adulthood.
Did repeaters consistently report more stressful events and depression
than single attempters and non-attempters? If yes, was this
increase of events located in the family or at school or in the domain
of self and friends? Method: A representative sample of high school
students (T1, n = 2464, mean age = 13.7 years, 50.8% female,
88.3% participation) was re-assessed with the same questionnaire
after a year (T2Q). High scorers of depression on the Mood and
Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) were matched for gender and age with
low-and-middle scorers and assessed diagnostically by face-to-face
interviews at T2I (n = 345, 94% participation). The interviewed subset
was reassessed again 5 years later (T3) with the same questionnaire
(n = 252, mean age = 20.0 years, 73% participation) and by
telephone interviews. Stressful events were detected from a list of
three domains. Results: Repeaters of suicide attempts reported more
stressful events and were consistently more depressed. Differences
in domains of stressful life events were also observed.
Conclusion: Interventions including healthy coping in relation to
stressful events and depression among adolescents may prevent
suicide.