Developmental timing of suicide attempts and cardiovascular risk during young adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Self-control/self-regulation has received increased attention in health research. Suicide attempts index severe dysregulation in emotional, behavioral, and/or physiological domains. The current study tested whether own and/or others' suicide attempts during the early life course predicted cardiovascular risk by young adulthood and whether developmental timing of suicide attempts, sex of the person, and source of suicide attempts exposure modified these associations.

Method

Data came from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). At each assessment during Waves I-IV (covering approximately ages 12-32 years), participants reported whether they and/or a friend/family member had attempted suicide. At Wave IV, trained interviewers asses

SUBMITTER: Shanahan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5033671 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature