Trajectories of Suicide Risk: Adolescence to Young Adulthood
PI: Elaine Thompson
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Elaine Thompson PhD, RN
Professor
Psychosocial & Community Health
Box 358732 University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7262
Email: elainet@u.washington.edu
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- Sponsor: School of Nursing - RIFP
- Project Period: 7/1/2005 - 6/30/2008
- Current Faculty
- Jerald Herting - Consultant (4 active projects)
ABSTRACT
This proposal is a special funding request to help complete data collection on a NINR longitudinal study of young adults who participated in a suicide prevention study while in high school. A total of 130 more interviews are needed to obtain a sample of 420 at both time points that will be representative of the intervention study and large enough to conduct the proposed analysis (i.e., structural equation modeling). In addition, this RIFP proposal adds 2 new aims also requiring a large sample. The new aims are to: describe trajectories of change in suicide risk from adolescence to young adulthood, and explore the predictive effects of risk and protective factors (assessed during adolescents) on change trajectories. The interviews will be conducted by skilled research staff, following IRB-approved procedures. Growth mixture modeling will be used to identify patterns of suicide risk behaviors from adolescence to young adulthood. Results will provide evidence to refine existing adolescent prevention programs, by testing mechanisms through which the intervention works, and by identifying for whom the intervention is most and least effective. Results will provide the basis for a new development (R21) grant to design indicated prevention for young adults, a population at increased risk for suicide, but with few health resources. |
