Table 2.

Differences in Clinical and Demographic Characteristics between adolescent suicide attempters and non-attempters

		Suicide Attempters (N = 60)		Non-Suicide Attempters (N = 58)		p
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age		16.40	2.00	16.0	1.68	0.121
ASQ (Total)		145.40	39.09	108.59	30.56	< 0.001
	Home Life	28.53	9.38	20.14	8.52	< 0.001
	School Performance	20.92	7.24	18.21	5.31	< 0.05
	School Attendance	7.97	3.73	5.74	2.65	< 0.001
	Romance	12.43	6.36	7.28	4.06	< 0.001
	Peer Pressure	19.97	7.18	13.7	5.44	< 0.001
	Teacher Interaction	14.57	6.57	11.02	3.67	< 0.001
	Future Uncertainty	10.72	3.10	8.57	2.95	< 0.001
	Social Conflict	13.52	5.37	11.16	4.58	< 0.01
	Finance Pressure	10.72	4.49	7.59	3.47	< 0.001
	Adult Responsibility	6.07	2.83	5.19	2.24	< 0.05
PARQ (Father)		138.52	35.71	118.96	38.99	< 0.01
PARQ (Mother)		120.73	37.37	96.6	25.85	< 0.001
		N	%	N	%	p
Sex						0.605
	Male	17	28.3	14	24.1
	Female	43	71.7	44	75.9
Ethnicity						0.942
	Chinese	29	48.3	31	53.4
	Malay	13	21.7	11	19.0
	Indian	15	25.0	14	24.1
	Others	3	5.1	2	3.4
Religion						0.278
	Buddhist/Taoist	6	10.0	11	19.0
	Muslim	16	26.7	15	25.9
	Christian	12	20.0	10	17.2
	Hindu/Sikh	11	18.3	13	22.4
	No Religion	15	16.7	9	15.5
Education level						0.670
	High School	44	73.3	41	70.7
	Diploma/Community College	16	26.7	17	29.3
Housing Type						0.101
	1–2 room(s)	4	6.7	1	1.7
	3 rooms	11	18.3	8	13.8
	4–5 rooms	40	66.6	35	60.3
	Private Housing	5	8.3	14	24.1
Met Diagnostic Criteria for any Disorders		53	88.3	22	37.9	< 0.001
	Major Depressive Disorder	35	58.3	5	8.6	< 0.001
	Substance Use	10	16.7	2	3.4	< 0.05
	Bulimia Nervosa	19	31.7	1	1.7	< 0.001
	Generalised Anxiety Disorder	36	60.0	9	15.5	< 0.001
	Schizophrenia	15	25.0	1	1.7	< 0.001
	Dysthymia	44	73.3	9	15.5	< 0.001
	Bipolar Disorder	11	18.3	6	10.3	0.217
	Anorexia Nervosa	17	28.3	2	3.4	< 0.001
MDD Comorbidity		35	58.3	4	6.9	< 0.001