TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Suicidal Ideation Among Urban Nine and Ten Year Olds
JO  - Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics
A1  - O'leary, Catina C.
A1  - Frank, Deborah A.
A1  - Grant-Knight, Wanda
A1  - Beeghly, M.
A1  - Augustyn, Marilyn
A1  - Rose-Jacobs, Ruth
A1  - Cabral, Howard J.
A1  - Gannon, Katherine
SP  - 33
EP  - 39
VL  - 27
IS  - 1
N2  - ABSTRACT.: Little is known about rates and correlates of suicidal ideation among nonclinical samples of preadolescents from low-income urban backgrounds. Using the Children's Depression Inventory, we measured suicidal ideation in 131 preadolescent urban children (49% female, 90% African American/Caribbean) participating in an ongoing prospective longitudinal study of prenatal cocaine exposure and children's outcome. Suicidal ideation was reported by 14.5% of the children in this sample at 9 to 10 years of age. Children's reports of depressive symptoms, exposure to violence, and distress symptoms in response to witnessing violence were associated with suicidal ideation, but prenatal cocaine exposure, parent-rated child behavior, and caregivers' psychological distress symptoms were not. Suicidal ideation may be more prevalent among preadolescents from urban, low-income backgrounds than clinicians suspect, particularly among children exposed to violence.
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SN  - 0196-206X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -