Separation/Divorce and Child and Adolescent Completed Suicide - 09/09/11
, DAVID SHAFFER, M.D., PRUDENCE FISHER, M.S., ROBIN GARFINKEL, PH.D.Abstract |
Objective |
To investigate factors that may modify the effect of separation/divorce on youth suicide.
Method |
A case-control, psychological autopsy study of 120 of 170 consecutive suicides younger than age 20 and 147 community age-, sex-, and ethnic group-matched controls living in the greater New York area was conducted. Fifty-eight suicide victims and 49 community controls came from nonintact families of origin, indicating the permanent separation/divorce of the biological parents. Potential modifiers of separation/divorce include youth’s age at separation, custodial parent’s remarriage, nonresidential parent’s frequency of contact, parent-child relationships, and parental psychopathology.
Results |
The relatively small impact of separation/divorce was further diminished after accounting for parental psychopathology. An interaction of separation/divorce and the father-child relationship emerged.
Conclusions |
The dramatic increase in youth suicide during the past three decades seems unlikely to be attributable to the increase in divorce rates.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key Words : adolescence, divorce, suicide
Vol 37 - N° 2
P. 155-162 - février 1998 Retour au numéro
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