@article{ref1,
title="Sluggish cognitive tempo is associated with suicide risk in psychiatrically hospitalized children",
journal="Journal of child psychology and psychiatry",
year="2016",
author="Becker, Stephen P. and Withrow, Amanda R. and Stoppelbein, Laura and Luebbe, Aaron M. and Fite, Paula J. and Greening, Leilani",
volume="57",
number="12",
pages="1390-1399",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Although identified as a significant public health concern, few studies have examined correlates of suicide risk in school-aged children. Recent studies show a relation between sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) symptoms and a range of adverse outcomes linked to suicidal ideation, including depression, emotion dysregulation, lowered self-esteem, and peer problems/social withdrawal, yet no study to date has examined SCT in relation to suicide risk. <br><br>METHODS: We tested the hypothesis that SCT would be associated with suicide risk in a sample of 95 psychiatrically hospitalized children (74% male; 62% black) between the ages of 8 and 12 (M = 10.01, SD = 1.50). Parents completed measures of their child's psychiatric symptoms, including SCT and depression, as well as a measure of their own psychopathology. Children completed measures assessing loneliness and depression. Both parents and children completed measures of suicide risk. <br><br>RESULTS: White children reported greater suicide risk than nonwhite children. After controlling for demographic characteristics, loneliness, parental psychopathology, and correlated psychiatric symptoms, including both parent- and child self-reported depressive symptoms, SCT remained uniquely associated with children's suicide risk. <br><br>RESULTS were consistent across both parent and child measures of suicide risk. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This multi-informant study provides strong preliminary support for an association between SCT symptoms and suicide risk in psychiatrically hospitalized children, above and beyond loneliness, depression, and demographic characteristics. <br><br>FINDINGS are discussed in the context of the interpersonal theory of suicide. Additional studies are needed to replicate and extend these findings, with a particular need for studies that examine the cognitive processes and daydreaming content of individuals displaying elevated SCT symptomatology.<br><br>© 2016 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-9630",
doi="10.1111/jcpp.12580",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12580"
}