Comparing suicide attempters, suicide ideators, and non-suicidal homeless and runaway adolescents
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1999
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Yoder, Kevin Allan
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Whitbeck, Les B.
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This study considered variables that best distinguished among attempters, ideators, and non-suicidal youth in a sample of 527 homeless and runaway adolescents from four Midwestern states. Univariate results indicated that attempters were significantly more likely than ideators and non-suicidal youth to have experienced physical or sexual abuse by an adult caretaker, to have experienced sexual victimization while on their own, and to have a friend who attempted suicide. Multivariate analyses revealed five variables that best distinguished among the three groups: self-esteem, depression, physical or sexual abuse by an adult caretaker, and having a friend who attempted suicide. Further analysis suggested that the accumulation of these risk factors greatly increased the chance that these youth would engage in suicidal behavior.
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