@article{ref1,
title="Family environment, attitudes toward life and death, depression, and suicidality in elementary-school children",
journal="Death studies",
year="1996",
author="Payne, B. J. and Range, Lillian M.",
volume="20",
number="5",
pages="481-494",
abstract="This study examines whether perception of family environment, attitudes toward life and death, and depression predict suicidality in elementary-school children.  Seventy-eight participants ages 8 to 13 recruited through an elementary school and a university were assessed for attitudes toward life and death, depression, suicidality, and family environment.  A regression equation indicated that depression and attraction to life were the only variables accounting for variance in suicidality (49%).  Family environment variables were moderately correlated with depression, indicating that family environment may play a role in the development and maintenance of depression, of which suicidality is a symptom.  Concurrent treatment of family issues may not only ameliorate children's symptoms, but also provide a critical sense of support that may decrease the likelihood that these children will become suicidal in the future.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-1187",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}