A. F. De Man

Suicidal ideation in high school students: depression and other correlates

English-Canadian high school students (129 boys, 117 girls) participated in a study of the relationship between suicidal ideation and selected personal variables, stress, and social support. Associations were found between suicidal ideation and the variables of gender, self-esteem, locus of control, depression, drug use, stress, perception of health, family status, academic performance, social support, and anomie. Multiple regression analysis identified depression and alcohol use as best individual predictors among these variables. Semi-partial correlation analyses showed that removal of the effect of depression resulted in a loss of initially significant relationships between suicidal ideation and the other variables except for alcohol use, drug use, and health satisfaction.

Correlates of suicide ideation in high school students: the importance of depression

Abstract English-Canadian (104 boys, 96 girls) and French-Canadian (272 boys, 286 girls) high school students participated in this study of the relationship between suicide ideation and selected variables (age, gender, self-esteem, locus of control, stress, social support, anomy, health, alcohol use, and drug use), with the effect of depression removed. Partial correlation analyses showed that removal of the effect of depression resulted in a loss of or a reduction in the respective relationships between suicide ideation and its correlates. The results suggest that researchers must control for depression if they want to ascertain true correlates of suicidal behavior.

Parent-child relationships and suicidal ideation in French-Canadian adolescents.

French-Canadian adolescent boys (n = 272) and girls (n = 286) participated in a study of the relationship between suicide ideation and selected familial variables. Results of a multivariate analysis indicate that suicide ideation in adolescent boys and girls is related to a parental child-rearing regime that is characterized by control and a lack of sufficient maternal and paternal social support.

Correlates of suicide ideation in French-Canadian adults and adolescents: A comparison

Five hundred fifty-eight French-Canadian adolescents and 150 adults served as subjects in a study that compared correlates of suicide ideation. Results of multivariate analyses indicated that suicide ideation in adolescents is related positively to depression and negative stress and negatively to self-esteem and satisfaction with social support. Adult ideation was found to be related negatively to self-esteem and positively to negative life experiences.

Parental control in child rearing and trait anxiety in young adults

35 men and 35 women participated in a study of the relationship between experienced parental control and level of trait anxiety in early adult life. The correlation for the combined subjects indicated a moderate association between the two variables. Separate analyses for the men and women yielded a significant correlation for the women but not for the men.

SELECTED PERSONALITY CORRELATES OF ASSERTIVENESS AND AGGRESSIVENESS

38 men and 74 women participated in a study of the relationships among neuroticism, extraversion, locus of control, and assertiveness and aggressiveness, respectively. Aggressiveness was related to extraversion and internal locus of control, while assertiveness was associated with stability as opposed to neuroticism. Sex of subject did not appear to be of importance.

Parental Control in Child Rearing and Multidimensional Locus of Control

272 French-Canadian adolescent boys and 286 girls took part in a study of the association between parental control in child-rearing and Levensons locus of control dimensions. Analysis showed relations between parental control and the two external dimensions but not with the internal one. Age and gender did not contribute to the various relationships.

Correlates of Anomie in French-Canadian Adolescents

French-Canadian adolescent boys (n = 272) and girls (n = 286) participated in a study of the relationship between anomie and selected personal variables. Results of a multivariate regression analysis indicate that adolescents who suffered from anomie tended to be younger boys and girls with low self-esteem who believed that they were subject to chance or fate and who had experienced a number of recent negative life events.

Parental Control and Anomie in French-Canadian Adolescents

110 French-Canadian adolescents (60 boys, 50 girls) participated in a study of the relationship between parental control in child-rearing and anomie. Correlational analysis indicated that subjects coming from family backgrounds high in parental control generally reported greater feelings of anomie.

Perceived Parental Control and Locus of Control: Null Findings in Two Countries

Three studies of the relationship between perceived parental control in child-rearing and locus of control were performed in 2 countries. Correlations were nonsignificant. Parental warmth rather than control appears important.