Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2011 Dec;42(6):666-78. doi: 10.1007/s10578-011-0243-4.
The current study examined relations between relational aggression, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation in a child clinical population. Participants included 276 children (M(age) = 9.55 years; 69% Male) who were admitted to a child psychiatric inpatient facility. Findings suggested that relational aggression was associated with depressive symptoms, which in turn was associated with suicidal ideation. The test of indirect effects suggested that depressive symptoms fully accounted for the link between relational aggression and suicidal ideation. Moreover, these relations were found when also controlling for the variance associated with overt aggression, history of abuse, and social problems. Current findings appear to suggest that relational aggression is linked to depressive symptoms, which is linked to suicidal ideation within a clinical population, and as such there may be clinical utility in assessing relational aggression.
本研究考察了儿童临床群体中关系攻击、抑郁症状和自杀意念之间的关系。参与者包括 276 名被收入儿童精神科住院病房的儿童（M（年龄）=9.55 岁；69%为男性）。研究结果表明，关系攻击与抑郁症状有关，而抑郁症状又与自杀意念有关。间接效应检验表明，抑郁症状完全解释了关系攻击与自杀意念之间的联系。此外，当控制外显攻击、虐待史和社会问题的相关差异时，这些关系仍然存在。目前的研究结果似乎表明，在临床人群中，关系攻击与抑郁症状有关，抑郁症状与自杀意念有关，因此评估关系攻击可能具有临床意义。
