Journal article
Relationship between Attachment-Felt Security and History of Suicidal Behaviours in Clinical Adolescents
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to test the hypothesis that adolescents who perceive their attachment figures as unavailable (low felt security) would be overrepresented in the case group of adolescents with a history of suicidal behaviours.
METHOD: One hundred and eighty-seven adolescents in psychiatric treatment participated in this retrospective case-comparison study of attachment-felt security and history of suicidal behaviours. All …
Authors
West ML; Spreng SW; Rose SM; Adam KS
Journal
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 578–582
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
August 1999
DOI
10.1177/070674379904400606
ISSN
0706-7437