Problem Solving, Stress, and Coping in Adolescent Suicide Attempts

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1995.tb00923.x
• Publication Date: 2023-10-26T19:40:59Z
• Authors: Keith G. Wilson; Josef Stelzer; James N. Bergman; Michael J. Kral; Mohamed Inayatullah; Catherine A. Elliott
• Keywords: Male; Patient Admission; Adolescent; Adaptation, Psychological; Humans; Female; Suicide, Attempted; Personality Assessment; Internal-External Control; Problem Solving; Stress, Psychological

Twenty adolescents who had made suicide attempts were compared with 20 nonpsychiatric control subjects on measures of problem solving, stress, and coping. The suicidal group did not show evidence "rigid" thinking or deficits in the ability to generate solutions standardized interpersonal problems. However, they report recent histories more severe life stress inaccurate appraisal extent which stressful events could be controlled. Although patients able as many adaptive strategies for coping their own most real-life stressor, actually used fewer. They also likely identify maladaptive behaviors ways These findings support a transactional model adolescent behavior, whereby inaccuracies aspects solving (but solution-generation aspects) face high lead reduction use efforts cope.