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dc.contributor.authorSamm, Algi
dc.contributor.authorTooding, Liina-Mai
dc.contributor.authorSisask, Merike
dc.contributor.authorKolves, Kairi
dc.contributor.authorAasvee, Katrin
dc.contributor.authorVarnik, Airi
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:47:33Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:47:33Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2010-12-08T08:54:08Z
dc.identifier.issn1018-8827
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00787-009-0079-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/35314
dc.description.abstractDepressive feelings and suicidal ideation in a non-clinical sample of adolescents in Estonia were analysed in the context of family structure, mutual relationships amongst family members and schoolchildren's preferences regarding intimate personal contacts with particular family members. Data from the WHO collaborative study 'Health Behaviour in School-aged Children 2005/2006' (HBSC) were used. A representative sample of schoolchildren aged 11, 13 and 15 years completed the semi-structured questionnaire. The analyses included only adolescents living in households with at least one birth parent. The subjects were 4,389 schoolchildren (2,178 boys and 2,211 girls), who were divided into three groups based on: (1) suicidal thoughts, with or without depressive feelings; (2) depressive feelings; and (3) neither suicidal thoughts nor depressive feelings. Multinomial logistic regression was used. The proportion of depressive feelings increased with age for both boys and girls. Girls expressed depressive feelings more frequently than boys from ages 13 and 15 years, and suicidal thoughts from age 15 years. Self-reported satisfaction with relationships in the family reduced the likelihood of depressive feelings and suicidal thoughts. Good communication with the parents reduced the likelihood of suicidal thoughts in all age groups. Adolescents who were satisfied with their family relationships suffered less frequently from depressive feelings and suicidal thoughts. The best environment for an adolescent was a family with both birth parents. Of the adolescents in 'non-intact' families, those with a step-parent in the family showed suicidal thoughts more frequently than those in single-parent families. Associations between family-related variables and suicidal thoughts were significant even after adjusting for family economic deprivation score.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherDr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag
dc.publisher.placeGermany
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom457
dc.relation.ispartofpageto468
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEuropean Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
dc.relation.ispartofvolume19
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320299
dc.titleSuicidal thoughts and depressive feelings amongst Estonian school children: effect of family relationship and family structure
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorKolves, Kairi


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