@article{ref1,
title="Persistence during childhood problem-solving as a predictor of active suicidal ideation during adolescence",
journal="Research on child and adolescent psychopathology",
year="2021",
author="Goldsmith, H. Hill and van Hulle, Carol and Sarkisian, Katherine",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Clarifying longitudinal, behavioral predictors for adolescent suicidality could enhance prediction and treatment efforts. We examined whether childhood attentional  focusing, persistence, and problem-solving behavior are associated with risk for  adolescent suicidal ideation. Participants were 116 twins, 40 of whom endorsed  active suicidal ideation (i.e., probands), probands' cotwins, and matched controls. Higher scores on a composite measure derived at mean age 7.7 years of (1) effort and  work duration during two childhood problem-solving tasks (untangling yarn and  attempting to solve an unsolvable puzzle), (2) mother reported attentional focusing,  and (3) observer reported persistence predicted decreased risk for suicidal ideation  at mean age 14.4 years. This prediction held when comparing probands with controls  (B = -1.01, SE = 0.38, p = 0.01, OR = 0.37) and with their cotwins (B = -0.86,  SE = 0.38, p = 0.02, OR = 0.42). Our findings indicate that childhood  problem-solving behavior relates meaningfully to risk for suicidal thoughts  approximately 7 years later, on average. These results underscore how longitudinal  behavioral risk factors could enhance prediction and treatment of adolescent  suicidal ideation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2730-7166",
doi="10.1007/s10802-020-00726-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-020-00726-4"
}