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Measures of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Use in Clinical and Research Settings.

Richard T Liu, Alexandra H Bettis, Hannah R Lawrence, Rachel F L Walsh, Ana E Sheehan, Olivia H Pollak, Auburn R Stephenson, Marin M Kautz, Rachel M Marlowe

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Synthesis in Assessment, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Richard T LiuMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1367-9716
Alexandra H BettisVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Hannah R LawrenceOregon State University, Corvallis, USA.
Rachel F L WalshTemple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ana E SheehanUniversity of Delaware, Newark, USA.
Olivia H PollakThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Auburn R StephensonTemple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Marin M KautzTemple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Rachel M MarloweVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.

Funding

Neurocognitive characteristics of short-term risk for suicidal behavior in adolescents R01MH115905 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LIU, RICHARD T · 2018 to 2023
$3.2M
Temporal dynamics of stress, sleep, and arousal in short-term risk for adolescentsuicidal behaviorRF1MH120830 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LIU, RICHARD T · 2019 to 2019
$3.1M
Clarifying proximal mechanisms linking interpersonal stressors to suicidal behavior in youth: A multi-informant real-time monitoring studyR01MH124899 · NIMH · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI GLENN, CATHERINE ROSE, KLEIMAN, EVAN · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
Emotion Regulation Flexibility and Suicide RiskK23MH122737 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BETTIS, ALEXANDRA · 2021 to 2024
$679k
Multimodal Dynamics of Parent-child Interactions and Suicide RiskR21MH130767 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BURKE, TAYLOR A, LIU, RICHARD T · 2022 to 2023
$481k
NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH122737NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH115905NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH124899NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH130767NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH120830
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Empirically supported measures of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) are needed to serve as reference outcomes for suicide risk screening tools and to monitor severity and treatment progress in children and adolescents with STBs. The present paper systematically reviewed existing measures of STBs in youth and studies evaluating their psychometric properties and clinical utility. Measures were then evaluated on reliability, validity, and clinical utility. Sixteen articles (20 independent samples) were found with psychometric data with youth samples for eight measures. Interview-based measures were found to have the strongest psychometric support and clinical utility. Significant limitations exist for all self-report measures due to inherent characteristics of these measures that cannot be remedied through additional psychometric study. There is an urgent need for the development and validation of new self-report measures of STBs, particularly for preadolescent children, sexual and gender minority youth, and racial/ethnic minority youth.

Indexed as

Suicidal IdeationAdolescentChildFemaleHumansMalePsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSelf ReportSuicide, Attemptedadolescentsassessmentchildrenpsychometricssuicidal ideationsuicidesuicide attempt

Identifiers

PMID38742801
PMCPMC13499792

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