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Abstract
BACKGROUND
The incidence of suicide attempts peaks during adolescence, with adolescent girls having a higher rate of attempts than boys. Depression is one of the main risk factors of suicidal behaviour and yet not all adolescents with suicidal ideation or attempting suicide have a diagnosable depressive disorder. The present study examined the unique contributions to suicidal ideation and attempting suicide of cognitive processes known to be associated with depression and anxiety, but which are also transdiagnostic: anomalous perception of reality, intolerance of uncertainty, and rumination.
METHOD
605 adolescents (M= 13.22, SD= 1.03, 47% girls) were evaluated in a cross-sectional study.
RESULTS
Multiple linear regression showed that the anomalous perception of reality and intolerance of uncertainty were uniquely associated with the severity of suicidal ideation, even when accounting for symptoms of depression and anxiety, but only amongst girls. In a logistic regression, self-reported depression symptoms, and not underlying cognitive processes, predicted the likelihood of a person having attempted suicide versus not having done so.
CONCLUSIONS
In adolescent girls, less frequently evaluated transdiagnostic variables may have an important impact on suicidal ideation. However, depression symptoms, and not these transdiagnostic variables, seem to be the greatest contributor to attempting suicide.
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La revista Psicothema fue fundada en Asturias en 1989 y está editada conjuntamente por la Facultad y el Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad de Oviedo y el Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado de Asturias. Publica cuatro números al año. Se admiten trabajos tanto de investigación básica como aplicada, pertenecientes a cualquier ámbito de la Psicología, que previamente a su publicación son evaluados anónimamente por revisores externos. Psicothema está incluida en las bases de datos nacionales e internacionales más relevantes, entre las que cabe destacar Psychological Abstracts, Current Contents y MEDLINE/Index Medicus, entre otras. Además, figura en las listas de Factor de Impacto del Journal Citation Reports. Psicothema es una revista abierta a cualquier enfoque u orientación psicológica que venga avalada por la fuerza de los datos y los argumentos, y en la que encuentran acomodo todos los autores que sean capaces de convencer a los revisores de que sus manuscritos tienen la calidad para ser publicados. Psicothema es una revista de acceso abierto lo que significa que todo el contenido está a disposición de cualquier usuario o institución sin cargo alguno. Los usuarios pueden leer, descargar, copiar, distribuir, imprimir, buscar, o realizar enlaces a los textos completos de esta revista sin pedir permiso previo al editor o al autor, siempre y cuando la fuente original sea referenciada. Para acervos y repositorios, se prefiere que la cobertura se realice mediante enlaces a la propia web de Psicothema. Nos parece que una apuesta decidida por la calidad es el mejor modo de servir a nuestros lectores, cuyas sugerencias siempre serán bienvenidas.