Citation

Nrugham L, Holen A, Sund AM. J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 2012; 200(3): 197-203.

Affiliation

*National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; †Regional Centre of Child and Adolescent Mental Health-Central Norway, Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; ‡Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; §St.Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway; and ∥Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, St.Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/NMD.0b013e318247c914

PMID

22373755

Abstract

Relationships between depression and coping among nonattempters, attempters, and repeaters of suicidal acts were examined across adolescence. A representative sample of students (T1: n = 2464; mean age, 13.7 years; 50.8% female; 88.3% participation) was reassessed with the same questionnaire after 1 year (T2). High scorers on the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire were gender- and age-matched randomly with low and middle scorers. This subset was assessed using diagnostic interviews at T2 (n = 345, 94% participation) and 5 years later using the same interview and questionnaire (T3, n = 252; mean age, 20.0 years; 73% participation). The Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations measured coping as three stable traits. Coping changed partly with age, depression, and attempt status. Differences in depression emerged before coping differences and remained stable. Consistently, repeaters reported higher depression and lesser task-oriented coping. Antecedent depression predicted decreased task-oriented coping and increased emotional coping at age 20 years.

Language: en