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Testing a Diathesis-Stress Model during the Transition to University: Associations between Self-Criticism, Stress, and Internalizing Problems
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Robillard, Christina L.; Turner, Brianna J.; Helps, Carolyn E. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To test a diathesis-stress model whereby self-criticism interacts with monthly perceived stress to predict same-month or next-month internalizing problems, including depression, anxiety, nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), and suicidal ideation, in students transitioning to university. Participants: 704 students (73% female, M[subscript…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Self Concept, Criticism, Stress Variables
The Mediating Roles of Stress and Maladaptive Behaviors on Self-Harm and Suicide Attempts among Runaway and Homeless Youth
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Moskowitz, Amanda; Stein, Judith A.; Lightfoot, Marguerita – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2013
Runaway and homeless youth often have a constellation of background behavioral, emotional, and familial problems that contribute to stress and maladaptive behaviors, which, in turn, can lead to self-harming and suicidal behaviors. The current study examined the roles of stress and maladaptive behaviors as mediators between demographic and…
Descriptors: Runaways, Homosexuality, Suicide, Models
Empirical Support for an Evolutionary Model of Self-Destructive Motivation
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Brown, R. Michael; Brown, Stephanie L.; Johnson, Aron; Olsen, Berit; Melver, Kristen; Sullivan, Mark – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2009
We tested predictions generated from an evolutionary account of self-destructive motivation in two survey studies of 18-24-year-old university students. As hypothesized, hierarchical regressions showed that the positive relationship between perceived burden to family and suicide ideation was amplified for participants with low measured health and…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Suicide, Motivation, Models
Evaluating Psychiatric Hospital Admission Decisions for Children in Foster Care: An Optimal Classification Tree Analysis
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Snowden, Jessica A.; Leon, Scott C.; Bryant, Fred B.; Lyons, John S. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007
This study explored clinical and nonclinical predictors of inpatient hospital admission decisions across a sample of children in foster care over 4 years (N = 13,245). Forty-eight percent of participants were female and the mean age was 13.4 (SD = 3.5 years). Optimal data analysis (Yarnold & Soltysik, 2005) was used to construct a nonlinear…
Descriptors: Psychiatric Hospitals, Family Problems, Data Analysis, Foster Care
Self-Injury and Postvention: Responding to the Family in Crisis
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Trepal, Heather C.; Wester, Kelly L.; MacDonald, Colleen A. – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples & Families, 2006
Postvention actions are commonly employed after completed suicides and suicide attempts but can be adapted to assist affected family members in dealing with other types of crisis. The authors adapt a postvention model to be applied to systemically working with families who have a member engaging in self-injurious behavior. Recommendations for…
Descriptors: Suicide, Models, Family (Sociological Unit), Crisis Intervention
Models of Development: Understanding Risk in Adolescence.
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Graber, Julia A.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1995
Reviews developmental models for understanding adolescence as they might be applied to emerging sexuality and the challenges and risks that may be associated with different sexual orientations and identities. Models have been identified as: cumulative events or simultaneous change, accentuation, or trajectory models. Models have been useful in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Emotional Problems