Childhood Emotional Maltreatment as a Robust Predictor of Suicidal Ideation: A 3-Year Multi-Wave, Prospective Investigation
Publication Date
1-2017
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Psychology
Keywords
Child maltreatment, Suicidal ideation, Depression symptom severity, Youth
Abstract
Despite literature suggesting a relationship between child maltreatment and suicidal ideation, few studies have examined the prospective course of this relationship. The current study examined this relationship in a sample of 682 community youth who were followed over the course of 3 years. Repeated measures of suicidal ideation, emotional maltreatment, and depressive symptom severity were examined in multi-wave path analysis models. Overall, results suggest that emotional maltreatment over time contributes uniquely to the prospective prediction of suicidal ideation, even when controlling for age, previous suicidal ideation, biological sex, and depression symptom severity. Unlike previous studies that have only measured emotional maltreatment at one-time point, the current study demonstrates that emotional maltreatment contributes unique risk to suicidal ideation prospectively among youth. Results speak to the importance of examining emotional maltreatment and suicidal ideation within prospective models of risk and suggest that emotional maltreatment is a robust predictor of suicidal ideation, over and above history of suicidal ideation and depression.
Copyright Date
3-31-2016
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Language
English (eng)
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Miller, A. B., Jenness, J. L., Oppenheimer, C. W., Barrocas Gottleib, A. L., Young, J. F., & Hankin, B. L. (2017). Childhood emotional maltreatment as a robust predictor of suicidal ideation: A 3-year multi-wave, prospective investigation. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45(1), 105-116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-016-0150-z
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Publication Title
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Volume
45
Issue
1
First Page
105
Last Page
116
ISSN
2730-7174
PubMed ID
27032784
Recommended Citation
Miller, A. B., Jenness, J. L., Oppenheimer, C. W., Barrocas Gottleib, A. L., Young, J. F., & Hankin, B. L. (2017). Childhood emotional maltreatment as a robust predictor of suicidal ideation: A 3-year multi-wave, prospective investigation. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45(1), 105-116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-016-0150-z