Depressive symptom severity mediates the association between avoidant problem-solving style and suicidal ideation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The contemporaneous association between avoidant style, a maladaptive social problem-solving strategy, and adolescent suicidal ideation has been well established. However, the mechanisms underlying this association are not well understood. Using cross-lagged panel modeling, the present study examined whether depressive symptom severity mediates the relation between avoidant style and severity of suicidal ideation. The specificity of depressive symptom severity as a mediator was also evaluated by simultaneously testing whether avoidant style mediates the association between depressive symptom and suicidal ideation severity.

Methods

The sample included 110 adolescents enrolled in a randomized controlled clinical effectiveness trial. Avoidant style as well as depress

SUBMITTER: Lopez R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7401318 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature