Youth Engagement and Suicide Risk: Testing a Mediated Model in a Canadian Community Sample

Autor/inn/en	Ramey, Heather L.; Busseri, Michael A.; Khanna, Nishad; Rose-Krasnor, Linda
Titel	Youth Engagement and Suicide Risk: Testing a Mediated Model in a Canadian Community Sample
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39 (2010) 3, S.243-258 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-009-9476-y
Schlagwörter	Health Promotion; Prevention; Suicide; Death; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Psychology; Depression (Psychology); Surveys; Urban Areas; Risk; Predictor Variables; Self Esteem; Coping; Interpersonal Relationship; Stress Variables; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Selbstmord; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Psychologie; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Urban area; Stadtregion; Risiko; Prädiktor; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Bewältigung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Kanada
Abstract	Suicide is a leading cause of death among adolescents in many industrialized countries. We report evidence from a mediation model linking greater youth activity engagement, spanning behavioral and psychological components, with lower suicide risk through five hypothesized intrapersonal and interpersonal mediating factors. Self-report survey data (15% French, 85% English) were gathered from a community sample of 5,015 Canadian adolescents participating in a mental health promotion program. Youth (M [subscript age] = 15.77, SD = 1.42, 50% female) were from two urban centers in southern Ontario, Canada. Youth engagement (youth's most important type of activity, frequency of involvement, and psychological engagement), suicide risk predictive factors (self-esteem, current concerns, depressive symptoms, coping ability, and connections with others), and suicide risk (ideation and attempts) were assessed. Consistent with the hypothesized mediation model, enjoyment and stress in youth's most important activity and various activity types were associated with the various hypothesized suicide risk predictive factors, which in turn were related to suicide risk. Implications for conceptualizations of youth engagement as a multidimensional construct and for suicide risk prevention efforts are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10