Family Conflict, Low Parental Supervision Risk Factors for Suicidality in Children, Study Finds

Family conflict and low parental supervision are associated with suicidality in children, according to astudy published today inJAMA Network Open.“Although many factors that influence a child’s risk for suicide may not necessarily be directly modifiable, family conflict and parental monitoring present targets for intervention,” wrote Danielle C. DeVille, M.A., of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research and colleagues.DeVille and colleagues analyzed baseline data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, a longitudinal study supported by the National Institute of Mental Health that is tracking children from across the United States over a period of 10 years. As part of the ABCD study, 11,814 children (aged 9 and 10) and their caregivers were asked whether the children had current or past suicidal thoughts and/or had ever tried to hurt themselves. Suicidality categories included passive suicide ideation (a wish to be dead), nonspecific active suicidal ideation (wanting to end one ’s own life without considering a method or plan to do so), active suicidal ideation, or past suicide attempts. Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) was defined as intentional self-inflected damage to the body without suicidal intent. Children were placed in a given suicidality category if either they o r their caregiver reported the behavior.The researchers gathered information on family and home environments, including parental surveys that detailed the extent to which the par...
Source: Psychiatr News - Category: Psychiatry Tags: ABCD study Danielle DeVille family conflict JAMA Network Open parental supervision self-harm suicidal ideation suicide Source Type: research