Girls with higher levels of suicidal ideation experienced less parental reciprocity of eye-contact and positive facial affect during conflictual interactions: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT: Although ample research links social factors and suicidality, there remains a gap in understanding how distinct processes within social communication relate to suicidality. We demonstrate how reciprocity of eye-gaze and facial expressions of happiness differ during parent-adolescent conflict based on adolescents' future suicidal ideation (SI). Facial affect analyses were based on 103 girls (ages 11-13; M = 12.28; 75% White) and their parents. Eye-gaze analyses were conducted in subset of these dyads (N = 70). Participants completed a conflict discussion during which gaze to their partners' eyes was assessed using mobile eye-tracking glasses and facial affect was coded using FaceReader Observer XT. Adolescents' SI was assessed 12-months later. Actor-partner interdependence models tes

SUBMITTER: James KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12353161 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature