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Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development 6/2011

01-12-2011 | Original Article

Associations Between Relational Aggression, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation in a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Sample

Auteurs: Paula J. Fite, Laura Stoppelbein, Leilani Greening, Teresa M. Preddy

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 6/2011

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Abstract

The current study examined relations between relational aggression, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation in a child clinical population. Participants included 276 children (M age = 9.55 years; 69% Male) who were admitted to a child psychiatric inpatient facility. Findings suggested that relational aggression was associated with depressive symptoms, which in turn was associated with suicidal ideation. The test of indirect effects suggested that depressive symptoms fully accounted for the link between relational aggression and suicidal ideation. Moreover, these relations were found when also controlling for the variance associated with overt aggression, history of abuse, and social problems. Current findings appear to suggest that relational aggression is linked to depressive symptoms, which is linked to suicidal ideation within a clinical population, and as such there may be clinical utility in assessing relational aggression.
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In order to evaluate the overall model fit, a path model that excluded the path from social problems to depressive symptoms was estimated, which provided 1 degree of freedom and allowed for model fit statistics to be evaluated. A CFI > .95, RMSEA < .06, and SRMR < .08 indicates a good fit to the data [5456]. This modified model provided a good fit to the data, χ2(1) = 1.29, CFI = .99, RMSEA = .04, SRMR = .01. Thus, the fully saturated model appears to adequately capture the nature of the data.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Associations Between Relational Aggression, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation in a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Sample
Auteurs
Paula J. Fite
Laura Stoppelbein
Leilani Greening
Teresa M. Preddy
Publicatiedatum
01-12-2011
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 6/2011
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-011-0243-4

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