Family relationships and the interpersonal theory of suicide in a clinically suicidal sample of adolescents.

Autor: Hunt QA; Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA., Krauthamer Ewing ES; Department of Couple and Family Therapy, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA., Weiler LM; Couple and Family Therapy Program, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA., Ogbaselase FA; Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA., Mendenhall T; Couple and Family Therapy Program, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA., McGuire JK; Family Social Science Program, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA., Monet M; Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA., Kobak R; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA., Diamond GS; Center for Family Intervention Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of marital and family therapy [J Marital Fam Ther] 2022 Jul; Vol. 48 (3), pp. 798-811. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 05.
DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12549
Abstrakt: In a sample of suicidal adolescents (N = 117), we sought to identify how adolescents' attachment to their parents related to a key mechanism of suicide from the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (IPTS). We tested both attachment-anxiety and attachment-avoidance, to both mother- and father-figures as correlates of the IPTS construct, perceived burdensomeness (PB). In addition, we tested PB as a mediator between these attachment variables and adolescent suicide ideation in a path analysis. Our path analysis indicated both mother- and father-related attachment anxiety were associated with PB and PB was related to suicide ideation. We also found an indirect effect of father-related attachment anxiety on suicide ideation. This study provides empirical support for earlier systemic work that proposes how family relationships may influence an adolescent's suicidal ideation. Finally, we provide practical clinical suggestions for how therapists may implement a systemic framework to address a suicidal adolescent and their family relationships.
(© 2021 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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