Perceived Parental Child Rearing and Suicidal Ideation in Chinese Adolescents

365 Chinese adolescent boys & girls participated in a study of the relationship between perceived maternal & paternal warmth & control in child rearing, & suicidal ideation. Results of correlation & stepwise multiple regression analyses of data generated by the Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire, the Autonomy-Control Scale, & the Scale for Suicide Ideation showed that Chinese adolescents who experienced their mothers as less warm & affectionate tended to suffer from greater suicidal ideation, with girls generally reporting higher levels of ideation than boys. (19 refs)