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Problem solving, stress, and coping in adolescent suicide attempts

K G Wilson1, J Stelzer, J N Bergman

  • 1Department of Psychology, Rehabilitation Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior
|January 1, 1995
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Adolescents who attempt suicide experience more life stress and inaccurately appraise their control over stressful events. They generate adaptive coping strategies but use them less, supporting a transactional model of suicidal behavior.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Adolescent suicide is a significant public health concern.
  • Understanding the cognitive and behavioral factors contributing to suicidal behavior is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare problem-solving, stress appraisal, and coping mechanisms in adolescents who attempted suicide versus controls.
  • To investigate the role of cognitive factors in adolescent suicidal behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Compared 20 adolescents with suicide attempts to 20 non-psychiatric controls.
  • Assessed problem-solving skills, life stress, and coping strategies.

Main Results:

  • Suicidal group reported higher life stress and inaccurate appraisal of event controllability.

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  • No deficits in generating solutions were found, but fewer adaptive coping strategies were used.
  • Maladaptive behaviors were more frequently identified as coping mechanisms by the suicidal group.

    • Conclusions:

    • Inaccuracies in stress appraisal, not solution generation, combined with high stress, reduce adaptive coping in adolescents.
    • Findings support a transactional model of adolescent suicidal behavior.