Parental bonding and suicidality in adulthood
Por:
Heider D, Bernert S, Matschinger H, Haro JM, Alonso J and Angermeyer MC
Publicada:
1 ene 2007
Categoría:
Psychiatry and Mental Health
Resumen:
Objective: The short-term effect of an adverse parental child rearing
style on suicidality in adolescence has been extensively discussed.
Nevertheless, little is known about the long-term effect of adverse
parental child rearing on lifetime suicidality in adulthood. So the
present study aims to examine the relation between parental bonding on
the one hand and suicidality in adulthood on the other.
Method: We used data from 7740 respondents of the European Study of
Epidemiology of Mental Disorders project, a cross-sectional household
survey carried out in six European countries. The data were assessed
with the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic
Interview, a comprehensive, fully structured psychiatric diagnostic
interview. Suicidality was categorized as follows: `no ideation',
`ideation', `attempt'. Parental bonding was assessed by means of a
three-factor ('care', `overprotection', `authoritarianism') short form
of the Parental Bonding Instrument. Using a multinomial-logistic
regression model to investigate the association between these two
constructs, we also adjusted for mood disorders, anxiety disorders,
alcohol abuse/dependence and possible country effects.
Results: We found associations between low maternal and paternal care on
the one hand and suicidality on the other. Country-specific differences
proved negligible.
Conclusions: Prevention programs can help better equip parents in their
child-rearing role to create a more caring parenting environment. This
can be a protective factor for suicidality in adulthood. Nevertheless,
more efforts are necessary to better describe the paths that lead from
child-rearing behaviour to suicidality in adulthood.
Filiaciones:
Heider D:
University of Leipzig, Department of Psychiatry, Leipzig, Germany.
Bernert S:
University of Leipzig, Department of Psychiatry, Leipzig, Germany.
Matschinger H:
University of Leipzig, Department of Psychiatry, Leipzig, Germany.
Haro JM:
University of Leipzig, Department of Psychiatry, Leipzig, Germany.
Alonso J:
University of Leipzig, Department of Psychiatry, Leipzig, Germany.
Angermeyer MC:
University of Leipzig, Department of Psychiatry, Leipzig, Germany.
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