Suicidal ideations and attempts among adolescents subjected to childhood sexual abuse and family conflict/violence: The mediating role of anger and depressed mood
Abstract Based on a sample of 9085 16‐ to 19‐year‐old students attending all high schools in Iceland in 2004, the current study examines depressed mood and anger as potential mediators between family conflict/violence and sexual abuse, on the one hand, and suicidal ideations and suicide attempts on...
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crwiley:10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.10.001 2024-06-02T08:09:18+00:00 Suicidal ideations and attempts among adolescents subjected to childhood sexual abuse and family conflict/violence: The mediating role of anger and depressed mood Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora Asgeirsdottir, Bryndis Bjork Gudjonsson, Gisli H. Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.10.001 https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0140197113001413?httpAccept=text/xml https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0140197113001413?httpAccept=text/plain https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.10.001 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.10.001 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor https://www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ Journal of Adolescence volume 36, issue 6, page 1227-1236 ISSN 0140-1971 1095-9254 journal-article 2013 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.10.001 2024-05-03T10:50:10Z Abstract Based on a sample of 9085 16‐ to 19‐year‐old students attending all high schools in Iceland in 2004, the current study examines depressed mood and anger as potential mediators between family conflict/violence and sexual abuse, on the one hand, and suicidal ideations and suicide attempts on the other. Agnew's general strain theory provides the theoretical framework for the study. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was conducted allowing explicit modelling of both direct and mediating effects using observed and latent variables. The findings showed that both depressed mood and anger mediated the relationship between family conflict/violence and sexual abuse and suicidal attempts. However, when testing the mediating pathways between sexual abuse and family conflict/violence and suicidal ideations, only depressed mood but not anger turned out to be a significant mediator. The authors discuss how these finding may inform and facilitate the design and development of interventions to reduce the likelihood of suicide attempts among young people. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wiley Online Library Journal of Adolescence 36 6 1227 1236 |
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Abstract Based on a sample of 9085 16‐ to 19‐year‐old students attending all high schools in Iceland in 2004, the current study examines depressed mood and anger as potential mediators between family conflict/violence and sexual abuse, on the one hand, and suicidal ideations and suicide attempts on the other. Agnew's general strain theory provides the theoretical framework for the study. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was conducted allowing explicit modelling of both direct and mediating effects using observed and latent variables. The findings showed that both depressed mood and anger mediated the relationship between family conflict/violence and sexual abuse and suicidal attempts. However, when testing the mediating pathways between sexual abuse and family conflict/violence and suicidal ideations, only depressed mood but not anger turned out to be a significant mediator. The authors discuss how these finding may inform and facilitate the design and development of interventions to reduce the likelihood of suicide attempts among young people. |
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Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora Asgeirsdottir, Bryndis Bjork Gudjonsson, Gisli H. Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik |
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Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora Asgeirsdottir, Bryndis Bjork Gudjonsson, Gisli H. Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik Suicidal ideations and attempts among adolescents subjected to childhood sexual abuse and family conflict/violence: The mediating role of anger and depressed mood |
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Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora Asgeirsdottir, Bryndis Bjork Gudjonsson, Gisli H. Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik |
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Suicidal ideations and attempts among adolescents subjected to childhood sexual abuse and family conflict/violence: The mediating role of anger and depressed mood |
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Suicidal ideations and attempts among adolescents subjected to childhood sexual abuse and family conflict/violence: The mediating role of anger and depressed mood |
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Suicidal ideations and attempts among adolescents subjected to childhood sexual abuse and family conflict/violence: The mediating role of anger and depressed mood |
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Suicidal ideations and attempts among adolescents subjected to childhood sexual abuse and family conflict/violence: The mediating role of anger and depressed mood |
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Suicidal ideations and attempts among adolescents subjected to childhood sexual abuse and family conflict/violence: The mediating role of anger and depressed mood |
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suicidal ideations and attempts among adolescents subjected to childhood sexual abuse and family conflict/violence: the mediating role of anger and depressed mood |
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