TY - JOUR
T1 - Suicidal ideation in adult offspring of depressed and matched control parents
T2 - Childhood and concurrent predictors
AU - Valenstein, Helen
AU - Cronkite, Ruth C.
AU - Moos, Rudolf H.
AU - Snipes, Cassandra
AU - Timko, Christine
N1 - Funding Information:
Declaration of Interest: Work was supported by Eli Lilly and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - Background Suicidal ideation predicts suicide behaviors; however, research is needed on risk factors for suicidal ideation in adults, a common developmental period for first suicide attempts.Aims To examine childhood and concurrent predictors of suicidal ideation among 340 adult offspring of depressed and matched control parents.Method Parents were assessed at baseline, and adult offspring were assessed 23 years later.Results Offspring who reported past-month suicidal ideation (7) had parents who, 23 years earlier, reported suicidal ideation, psychological inflexibility and use of avoidance coping. Offspring experiencing suicidal ideation were more likely to be unemployed and more depressed, consumed more alcohol and had more drinking problems. They were more anxious and inflexible, had weaker social ties and less cohesive families and had more negative life events and used more avoidance coping. A childhood risk index predicted offspring's suicidal ideation above and beyond concurrent factors.Conclusions Along with concurrent risk factors, poor parental functioning may confer long-term risk for adult suicidal ideation. Interventions to prevent the transmission of suicidal ideation to offspring should focus on ameliorating parental risk factors.
AB - Background Suicidal ideation predicts suicide behaviors; however, research is needed on risk factors for suicidal ideation in adults, a common developmental period for first suicide attempts.Aims To examine childhood and concurrent predictors of suicidal ideation among 340 adult offspring of depressed and matched control parents.Method Parents were assessed at baseline, and adult offspring were assessed 23 years later.Results Offspring who reported past-month suicidal ideation (7) had parents who, 23 years earlier, reported suicidal ideation, psychological inflexibility and use of avoidance coping. Offspring experiencing suicidal ideation were more likely to be unemployed and more depressed, consumed more alcohol and had more drinking problems. They were more anxious and inflexible, had weaker social ties and less cohesive families and had more negative life events and used more avoidance coping. A childhood risk index predicted offspring's suicidal ideation above and beyond concurrent factors.Conclusions Along with concurrent risk factors, poor parental functioning may confer long-term risk for adult suicidal ideation. Interventions to prevent the transmission of suicidal ideation to offspring should focus on ameliorating parental risk factors.
KW - Adult suicidal ideation
KW - Offspring functioning
KW - Parent functioning
KW - Suicide
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U2 - 10.3109/09638237.2012.694504
DO - 10.3109/09638237.2012.694504
M3 - Article
C2 - 22978501
AN - SCOPUS:84866394392
SN - 0963-8237
VL - 21
SP - 459
EP - 468
JO - Journal of Mental Health
JF - Journal of Mental Health
IS - 5
ER -