Multi-Level Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation Among at-Risk Adolescent Females: The Role of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Responses to Stress

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 807-820

  Giletta, Matteo ^a   Calhoun, Casey D ^a   Hastings, Paul D ^b   Rudolph, Karen D ^c   Nock, Matthew K ^d   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Impulsiveness; Peer stress; Pubertal status; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84930867409     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-014-9897-2     Document Type: Article

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