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Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Depression and Suicidal Ideation in Young Adolescents

Stephen C Allison · Leigh S. Roeger · Graham Martin · John P. Keeves

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OBJECTIVE: This study examined the risk relationship between depressive symptomatology and suicidal ideation for young adolescent males and females. METHOD: A large cohort of students in their first year of high school completed the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) and the Adolescent Suicide Questionnaire. The risk relationship between depressive symptomatology and suicidal ideation was modelled using non-parametric kernel-smoothing techniques. RESULTS: Suicidal ideation was more frequently reported by females compared with males which was partly explained by females having higher mean depression scores. At moderate levels of depression females also had a significantly higher risk of suicidal ideation compared with males and this increased risk contributed to the overall higher levels of female ideation. CONCLUSIONS: The risk relationship between depressive symptomatology and suicidal ideation is different for young adolescent males and females. The results indicate that moderate levels of depressive symptomatology can be associated with suicidal ideation (especially among young females) and that for these young people a suicide risk assessment is required.

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