ArticleJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2021
Children's history of suicidal ideation and synchrony of facial displays of affect during mother-child interactions.
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- Prevalence and Correlates of Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-injury in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Emotion reactivity, parent-child conflict resolution, and suicide ideation: Longitudinal study of adolescents recruited between 2017 and 2023 in the northeastern United States.Child and adolescent mental health · 2026Article
- Girls with higher levels of suicidal ideation experienced less parental reciprocity of eye-contact and positive facial affect during conflictual interactions: A pilot study.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- Dynamics of Affective Reactivity during Mother-Daughter Interactions: The Impact of Adolescent Non-Suicidal Self-Injury.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundSuicidal thoughts and behavior can begin early in childhood and are a leading cause of death in youth. Although specific mechanisms of risk remain largely unknown, theorists and researchers highlight the importance of the parent-child relationship. The current study focused on one aspect of this relationship: the dynamic exchange of facial affect during interactions. Specifically, we examined the relation between children's history of suicidal ideation (SI) and synchrony of facial expressions during positive and negative mother-child interactions.
methodsParticipants were 353 mother-child dyads. Of these, 44 dyads included a child with an SI history. Dyads engaged in positive and negative discussions during which their facial electromyography was recorded from mothers and children to index second-to-second changes in positive (zygomaticus) and negative (corrugator) facial affect.
resultsChild SI dyads were characterized specifically by reduced synchrony of positive facial affect during the positive discussion compared to dyads without child SI.
conclusionsThese findings suggest child SI dyads exhibit reduced synchrony of normative positive expressions during mother-child interactions. If replicated and extended in longitudinal research, these results may help to explain one mechanism of risk among children with SI.
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