Development of A Tool to Assess Suicide Risk Factors in Urban Adolescents  

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White, George L. ; Richardson, Glenn E. ; Ellis, Gary D. ; Murdock, Richard T. ; Schmidt, L.J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Adolescence vol. 25 no. 99 (1990), page 655-666.
Topik: development; development; suicide risk factors; urban adolescents

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Dramatic increase inthe adolescent suicide rate over the past three decades how underscored the need for risk - assessment tools. The tools that do exist are oriented to older populations and their application to adolescents is questionable. A project was initiated at the university of utah's health education department to develop a pilot instrument to examine the differences between adolescents who have attempted suicide and other teenagers. Eighty - two subjects between the ages of 14 and 19 participated in the test of this instrument. Twenty - five subjects were identified by a physician or psychologist, as having failed in a sincere suicide attempt within the previous 18 months. Fifty - seven non suicide attempters with similar demographic profiles served as a comparison group. An 88 item questionnaire was administered to both groups. Questions were generated from a review of the literature of the past three decades for problems associated with suicide in this population. Questions were sorted into three domains (family environment, social environment, and self - perceptions), with each domain having several subdomains. Statistical analysis revealed significant differences for each of the three domains and on 55 of 86 questions. The results were used to create a streamlined instrument for assessing suicide risk that can be administered in 20 minutes.

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