Abstract

Impact of Gender and Parents’ Marital Status on Adolescents’ Suicidal Ideation

Ang R P~~Ooi Y P

Year: 2004 Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry, v.50, no.4, (December 2004), p.351-360 SIEC No: 20060025

This study investigated the effect of gender & parents’ marital status on adolescents’ suicidal ideation in a sample of 271 Grade 8 & 9 students in Singapore. Tests of simple effects revealed that boys from single-parent families were found to be significantly higher on suicidal ideation compared with adolescent boys from two-parent families. This difference was not found among girls. (52 refs.)