M. Tousignant et al., SUICIDAL ATTEMPTS AND IDEATIONS AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG-ADULTS - THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE FATHERS AND MOTHERS CARE AND OF PARENTAL SEPARATION, Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 28(5), 1993, pp. 256-261
Parental care was analyzed separately with the PBI for both father and
mother or their surrogate to assess its association with suicidal beh
avior (attempt or serious ideation). The study was conducted on two Fr
ench-speaking samples from Montreal: the first included 2,327 high sch
ool students and the second 701 young adults (18 to 24) reached by pho
ne. Results showed poor care of father to be highly associated with su
icidal behavior in the highschool group. Poor care of the mother and p
arental divorce obtained a lower association. In the second sample, on
ly poor care of the father was significantly associated with suicidal
behavior. The conclusion is that more attention should be focused on t
he father and that parental divorce may have a short-term effect but n
ot a lasting influence when poor care is absent.