%0 Journal Article
%T A dimensional model of psychopathology among homeless adolescents: suicidality, internalizing, and externalizing disorders
%J Journal of abnormal child psychology
%D 2008
%A Yoder, Kevin A.
%A Longley, Susan L.
%A Whitbeck, Les B.
%A Hoyt, Dan R.
%V 36
%N 1
%P 95-104
%X The present study examined associations among dimensions of suicidality and psychopathology in a sample of 428 homeless adolescents (56.3% female). Confirmatory factor analysis results provided support for a three-factor model in which suicidality (measured with lifetime suicidal ideation and suicide attempts), internalizing disorders (assessed with lifetime diagnoses of major depressive episode and post-traumatic stress disorder), and externalizing disorders (indicated by lifetime diagnoses of conduct disorder, alcohol abuse, and drug abuse) were positively intercorrelated. The findings illustrate the utility of a dimensional approach that integrates suicidality and psychopathology into one model.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group
%@ 0091-0627
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-007-9163-y