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Caregiver strain and youth suicide attempt: Are they related?

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Barksdale, CL; Walrath, CM; Compton, JS; Goldston, DB
Published in: Suicide Life Threat Behav
April 2009
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There are scant data documenting the relationship between caregiver strain and suicidal behavior among youth. This study includes data from the caregivers of 1,854 youth who received services through the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program. Caregiver strain, family functioning, and youth functional impairment were assessed with the Caregiver Strain Questionnaire, Family Life Questionnaire, and Columbia Impairment Scale. Caregivers of suicidal and nonsuicidal youth differed in subjective internalizing strain (e.g., worry and guilt) and objective strain (e.g., constraints on activities). Differences in objective strain persisted even after controlling for family life and youth functional impairment.

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Published In

Suicide Life Threat Behav

DOI

10.1521/suli.2009.39.2.152

ISSN

0363-0234

Publication Date

April 2009

Volume

39

Issue

2

Start / End Page

152 / 160

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Suicide, Attempted
  • Social Adjustment
  • Psychiatry
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Interview, Psychological
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Internal-External Control
  • Humans
 

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Barksdale, C. L., Walrath, C. M., Compton, J. S., & Goldston, D. B. (2009). Caregiver strain and youth suicide attempt: Are they related? Suicide Life Threat Behav, 39(2), 152–160. https://doi.org/10.1521/suli.2009.39.2.152
Barksdale, Crystal L., Christine M. Walrath, Jill S. Compton, and David B. Goldston. “Caregiver strain and youth suicide attempt: Are they related?” Suicide Life Threat Behav 39, no. 2 (April 2009): 152–60. https://doi.org/10.1521/suli.2009.39.2.152.
Barksdale CL, Walrath CM, Compton JS, Goldston DB. Caregiver strain and youth suicide attempt: Are they related? Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2009 Apr;39(2):152–60.
Barksdale, Crystal L., et al. “Caregiver strain and youth suicide attempt: Are they related?” Suicide Life Threat Behav, vol. 39, no. 2, Apr. 2009, pp. 152–60. Pubmed, doi:10.1521/suli.2009.39.2.152.
Barksdale CL, Walrath CM, Compton JS, Goldston DB. Caregiver strain and youth suicide attempt: Are they related? Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2009 Apr;39(2):152–160.

Published In

Suicide Life Threat Behav

DOI

10.1521/suli.2009.39.2.152

ISSN

0363-0234

Publication Date

April 2009

Volume

39

Issue

2

Start / End Page

152 / 160

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Suicide, Attempted
  • Social Adjustment
  • Psychiatry
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Interview, Psychological
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Internal-External Control
  • Humans