@article{ref1,
title="Parental bonding in severely suicidal adolescent inpatients",
journal="European psychiatry",
year="2011",
author="Freudenstein, O. and Zohar, A. and Apter, A. and Shoval, G. and Weizman, A. and Zalsman, G.",
volume="26",
number="8",
pages="504-507",
abstract="Family environment has a clear role in suicidal behavior of adolescents. We assessed the relationship between parental bonding and suicidal behavior in suicidal (n=53) and non-suicidal (n=47) adolescent inpatients. Two dimensions of parental bonding: care and overprotection, were assessed with the Parental Bonding Instrument. <br><br>RESULTS showed that adolescents with severe suicidal behavior tended to perceive their mothers as less caring and more overprotective compared to those with mild or no suicidal behavior. A discriminant analysis distinguished significantly between adolescents with high suicidality and those with low suicidality [χ2 (5) = 15.54; p=0.01] in 71% of the cases. The perception of the quality of maternal bonding may be an important correlate of suicidal behavior in adolescence and may guide therapeutic strategies and prevention.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0924-9338",
doi="10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.01.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.01.006"
}