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Parental bonding in severely suicidal adolescent inpatients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

O. Freudenstein ,
A. Zohar ,
A. Apter ,
G. Shoval ,
A. Weizman  and
G. Zalsman
O. Freudenstein
Affiliation:
Feinberg Child Study Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva, Israel
A. Zohar
Affiliation:
The Ruppin College, Israel
A. Apter
Affiliation:
Feinberg Child Study Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
G. Shoval
Affiliation:
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division, Geha Mental Health Center, Tel Aviv University, P.O. Box 102, 49100Petah Tikva, Israel
A. Weizman
Affiliation:
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division, Geha Mental Health Center, Tel Aviv University, P.O. Box 102, 49100Petah Tikva, Israel Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Tel Aviv University, Petah Tikva, Israel
G. Zalsman*
Affiliation:
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division, Geha Mental Health Center, Tel Aviv University, P.O. Box 102, 49100Petah Tikva, Israel Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
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*Corresponding author. Tel.: +972 3 9258 205; fax: +972 3 924 1041. E-mail address: zalsman@post.tau.ac.il (G. Zalsman).
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Abstract

Family environment has a clear role in suicidal behavior of adolescents. We assessed the relationship between parental bonding and suicidal behavior in suicidal (n = 53) and non-suicidal (n = 47) adolescent inpatients. Two dimensions of parental bonding: care and overprotection, were assessed with the Parental Bonding Instrument. Results showed that adolescents with severe suicidal behavior tended to perceive their mothers as less caring and more overprotective compared to those with mild or no suicidal behavior. A discriminant analysis distinguished significantly between adolescents with high suicidality and those with low suicidality [χ2(5) = 15.54; p = 0.01] in 71% of the cases. The perception of the quality of maternal bonding may be an important correlate of suicidal behavior in adolescence and may guide therapeutic strategies and prevention.

Keywords

SuicideParental bondingDepressionAdolescence
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Original article
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European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue 8 , November 2011 , pp. 504 - 507
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2011

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