Attitude towards death in family members of adolescents who applied to the crisis care room of a child psychiatric clinic due to suicidal thoughts
Introduction The study of ideas about death and the mechanisms of their formation in adolescents with suicidal behavior is an important task for both diagnosis and psychotherapy. The parents’ notions of death, and the prohibition on discussing the topic of death in the family, can significantly dis...
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| author | M. Bebchuk D. Dovbysh S. Timoshenko M. Talmach Y. Zhorina A. Diachenko R. Rabadanova |
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Introduction
The study of ideas about death and the mechanisms of their formation in adolescents with suicidal behavior is an important task for both diagnosis and psychotherapy. The parents’ notions of death, and the prohibition on discussing the topic of death in the family, can significantly distort the adolescent’s relationship with death.
Objectives
Investigate differences in attitudes towards death in parents and adolescents who apply to the crisis care room of a child psychiatric clinic.
Methods
The study involved 90 adolescents with their parents who applied to the crisis outpatient care system. The following questionnaires were offered: Death Attitude Profile-Revised, Death Anxiety Scale, Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, GAD-7.
Results
Significant differences were found for most of the scales in the samples of adults and adolescents, of particular interest to us were the scales “death avoidance” (W=317,500,z=3,089,p=0,002) and “perception of family support» (W=288,500,z=3,393,p=0,001). For the group of adolescents, there are higher indicators on the scales of anxiety (W=61,000,z=-2,546,p=0,011), anxiety in close relationships (W=83,000,z=-2,549,p=0,011), avoidance of close relationships (W=28,000,z=-3,870,p=0,000), and death as a means of escape (W=54,500,z=-3,076,p=0,002).
Conclusions
In families of adolescents with suicidal behavior, the severity of dysfunctional patterns of building close relationships and the presence of sharply opposite positions in relation to death in children and parents are observed without the possibility of discussing this topic.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-88a305df91804387b9020c12a61406492023-11-17T05:07:08ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852022-06-0165S336S33610.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.854Attitude towards death in family members of adolescents who applied to the crisis care room of a child psychiatric clinic due to suicidal thoughtsM. Bebchuk0D. Dovbysh1S. Timoshenko2M. Talmach3Y. Zhorina4A. Diachenko5R. Rabadanova6Scientific-Practical Сhildren’s and Adolescents Mental Health Center n.a. G. Sukhareva, Moscow Department of Health Care, Clinical Psychology, Moscow, Russian FederationScientific-Practical Сhildren’s and Adolescents Mental Health Center n.a. G. Sukhareva, Moscow Department of Health Care, Clinical Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University), Pedagogy And Clinical Psychology, Moscow, Russian FederationScientific-Practical Сhildren’s and Adolescents Mental Health Center n.a. G. Sukhareva, Moscow Department of Health Care, Clinical Psychology, Moscow, Russian FederationScientific-Practical Сhildren’s and Adolescents Mental Health Center n.a. G. Sukhareva, Moscow Department of Health Care, Clinical Psychology, Moscow, Russian FederationScientific-Practical Сhildren’s and Adolescents Mental Health Center n.a. G. Sukhareva, Moscow Department of Health Care, Clinical Psychology, Moscow, Russian FederationScientific-Practical Сhildren’s and Adolescents Mental Health Center n.a. G. Sukhareva, Moscow Department of Health Care, Clinical Psychology, Moscow, Russian FederationScientific-Practical Сhildren’s and Adolescents Mental Health Center n.a. G. Sukhareva, Moscow Department of Health Care, Clinical Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation Introduction The study of ideas about death and the mechanisms of their formation in adolescents with suicidal behavior is an important task for both diagnosis and psychotherapy. The parents’ notions of death, and the prohibition on discussing the topic of death in the family, can significantly distort the adolescent’s relationship with death. Objectives Investigate differences in attitudes towards death in parents and adolescents who apply to the crisis care room of a child psychiatric clinic. Methods The study involved 90 adolescents with their parents who applied to the crisis outpatient care system. The following questionnaires were offered: Death Attitude Profile-Revised, Death Anxiety Scale, Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, GAD-7. Results Significant differences were found for most of the scales in the samples of adults and adolescents, of particular interest to us were the scales “death avoidance” (W=317,500,z=3,089,p=0,002) and “perception of family support» (W=288,500,z=3,393,p=0,001). For the group of adolescents, there are higher indicators on the scales of anxiety (W=61,000,z=-2,546,p=0,011), anxiety in close relationships (W=83,000,z=-2,549,p=0,011), avoidance of close relationships (W=28,000,z=-3,870,p=0,000), and death as a means of escape (W=54,500,z=-3,076,p=0,002). Conclusions In families of adolescents with suicidal behavior, the severity of dysfunctional patterns of building close relationships and the presence of sharply opposite positions in relation to death in children and parents are observed without the possibility of discussing this topic. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822008549/type/journal_articleAttitude towards deathCrisis caresuicidal thoughts |
| spellingShingle | M. Bebchuk D. Dovbysh S. Timoshenko M. Talmach Y. Zhorina A. Diachenko R. Rabadanova Attitude towards death in family members of adolescents who applied to the crisis care room of a child psychiatric clinic due to suicidal thoughts European Psychiatry Attitude towards death Crisis care suicidal thoughts |
| title | Attitude towards death in family members of adolescents who applied to the crisis care room of a child psychiatric clinic due to suicidal thoughts |
| title_full | Attitude towards death in family members of adolescents who applied to the crisis care room of a child psychiatric clinic due to suicidal thoughts |
| title_fullStr | Attitude towards death in family members of adolescents who applied to the crisis care room of a child psychiatric clinic due to suicidal thoughts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitude towards death in family members of adolescents who applied to the crisis care room of a child psychiatric clinic due to suicidal thoughts |
| title_short | Attitude towards death in family members of adolescents who applied to the crisis care room of a child psychiatric clinic due to suicidal thoughts |
| title_sort | attitude towards death in family members of adolescents who applied to the crisis care room of a child psychiatric clinic due to suicidal thoughts |
| topic | Attitude towards death Crisis care suicidal thoughts |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822008549/type/journal_article |
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