Citation
Kuramoto, S. Janet; Ali, Mir M.; & Wilcox, Holly C. (2014). Satisfaction in communication with parents provides persistent protection against suicidal ideation: Evidence from nationally representative longitudinal data. 2014 Add Health Users Conference. Bethesda, MD.Abstract
This study examined the relationship between satisfaction in communication with parents during childhood/adolescence and risk of suicidal ideation into early adulthood among a nationally representative sample of American children and adolescents. The study consists of 8,873 respondent’s ages 11-18 with at least one parent in the first wave (1994) from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) conducted between 1994 and 2009. Respondents were classified into four groups based on their satisfaction in communication with their parent(s) at Time 1. Serious suicidal ideation in the past 12 months was assessed at four time points. Thirty percent of respondents who reported unsatisfactory communication with both parents during childhood/adolescence experienced suicidal ideation at Time 1 (1994-1995), 21.% at Time 2 (1996), 10.2% at Time 3 (2001-2002), and 9.5% at Time 4 (2007-2009). This was in contrast to 8.5%, 8.5%, 6.1%, and 4.8% across Time 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively, among those who were satisfied with communication with both parents. Those who reported satisfactory communication with both parents were less likely to report suicidal ideation than those who reported unsatisfactory communication with both parents (OR (95%CI): 0.81(0.66, 0.99)). Improving quality of parent-child communication during child/adolescence should be considered an important area for intervention along with other initiatives to foster parent-child connectedness.URL
https://addhealth.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/docs/events/20140613_Add_Health_Users_Conference_Abstracts.pdfReference Type
Conference proceedingBook Title
2014 Add Health Users ConferenceAuthor(s)
Kuramoto, S. JanetAli, Mir M.
Wilcox, Holly C.