Factors Associated With Reasons for Living Among Suicidal Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to identify baseline demographic and clinical factors associated with higher scores on the Reasons for Living Inventory for Adolescents (RFL-A) at baseline and over follow-up.

Method

Using data from a pilot clinical trial of a brief intervention for suicidal youth transitioning from inpatient to outpatient, we identified univariate associations of baseline characteristics with RFL-A and used regression to identify the most parsimonious subset of these variables. Finally, we examined to what extent changes in these characteristics over time were related to changes in RFL-A.

Results

Univariate analyses found that better external functional emotion regulation and social support were associated with higher RFL-A scores; more self-

SUBMITTER: Gorraiz G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10548347 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature