Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
ARTICLESInformant-Specific Correlates of Suicidal Behavior in a Community Survey of 12- to 14-Year-Olds
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Sample and Procedure
The weighted sample included 825 adolescents, aged 12 to 14 years, and their parents as part of the Quebec Child Mental Health Survey carried out in 1992 on a representative sample of 2,400 children and adolescents aged 6 to 14 years. The adolescents selected had to be living at home for at least 2 weeks a month during the 12 months before the interview. The adolescent and one parent had to use either French or English. Adolescents with sensory or mental handicaps reported by parents were
Suicidal Ideation.
The 6-month prevalence of suicidal ideation reported by the adolescent was 7.2% (n = 59) with girls reporting two times more suicidal ideation than boys (10% versus 4.4%). The prevalence increased with age from 12 to 13 and 14 years by 5.4%, 11.3%, and 13.4%, respectively for girls, and from 0.7% to 5% and 8.1% for boys. Parents reported a prevalence of 5.5% (n = 45), 6.8% for girls and 4.2% for boys. The prevalence increased with age for girls (5.2%, 7.4%, and 7.6%) but not for boys (5.2%,
DISCUSSION
The underreporting of suicidal behavior by parents observed in Quebec and elsewhere suggests that the adolescent should be considered as the central source of information (Klimes-Dougan, 1998). The prevalence of 7.2% of suicidal ideation reported by the adolescents in this study was lower than the 3-year prevalence of 13.2% (Tousignant et al., 1988) and 15.4% (Côté et al., 1990) in Quebec middle and high schools using self-administered questionnaires. The result was similar, however, to
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The Survey was funded by the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services and was conducted with the collaboration of l’Institut de la Statistique du Québec, direction Santé Québec.