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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 65, Issue 12, Pages 1281-1290Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20632
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suicide; suicide attempt; life stress; problem-solving skills; adolescents; inpatient
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The present study examined the unique and interactive effects of stress and problem-solving skills on suicidal behaviors among 102 inpatient adolescents. As expected, life event stress and chronic stress each significantly predicted suicidal ideation and suicide attempt. Problem solving significantly predicted suicidal ideation, but not suicide attempt. Problem solving moderated the associations between life event stress and suicidal behaviors, as well as between chronic stress and suicidal ideation, but not chronic stress and suicide attempt. At high levels of stress, adolescents with poor problem-solving skills experienced elevated suicidal ideation and were at greater risk of making a nonfatal suicide attempt. The interactive effects decreased to non-significance after controlling for depressive symptoms and hopelessness. Clinical implications are discussed. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 65:1281-1290, 2009.
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