Associations between insecure attachment styles to parents and suicidal ideation in adolescents with depression

Abstract

Suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms are often interrelated in clinical settings. Insecure attachment may be a risk factor for suicidal ideation in depressed adolescents. To our knowledge, this study is the first to examine the association between self-reported insecure attachment styles to both parents and suicidal ideation in a clinical sample of adolescents with depression.

Keywords

• suicidal ideation
• attachment
• depression
• adolescents
• family therapy
• insecure attachment