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Citation

Rodríguez-Cano T, Beato-Fernández L, Llario AB. J. Adolesc. Health 2006; 38(6): 684-688.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Ciudad Real Hospital, Ciudad Real, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.08.003

PMID

16730596

Abstract

PURPOSE: To examine whether body dissatisfaction at the age of 13 years predicted the risk for reported suicide attempts two years later, controlling the effects of pre-existing suicide ideation and attempts as well as numerous variables. METHODS: A community-longitudinal study, with 1766 (887 female and 878 male) pupils aged 13 years from all the schools of a designated area, was performed. The Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ), The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), and other self-reported questionnaires were administered. Suicidal thinking and suicide attempts were also evaluated. RESULTS: Controlling the effect of gender and other possible predictive variables, previous suicidal thinking (odds ratio [OR] = 3.88, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.57-9.56) and scores on the BSQ (OR = 1.02, 95% CI 1.01-1.03) predicted reported suicide attempts in the next two years. CONCLUSIONS: Programs improving one's own body-image esteem in adolescence might help to prevent not only eating disorders but other potentially dangerous consequences.


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