Table 2.

Associations of parent attachment style with offspring characteristics

Parent Anxious Attachment
Offspring Characteristic	Na	Hazard ratiob	z	95% CI	p-value
Suicide attempt status (attempter/non-attempter)	488	1.00	0.05	0.73 to 1.39	0.961
	Na	Standardized Coefficientb	df	t
Maximum lethality of suicide attempts	38	0.63	32	3.16	0.003
Trait Impulsivity Z-score – combined child and adult offspring	450	0.13	234	2.14	0.034
Number of suicide attempts	38	−0.19	32	−0.62	0.539
Intent of most lethal attempt	33	1.77	30	2.10	0.045
Trait aggression	159	−0.13	102	−0.23	0.819
Age at last assessment	488	0.19	259	0.43	0.667
		ORb	df	t
Sex	488	0.94	259	−0.66	0.508
Major depressive disorder	478	1.21	255	1.50	0.136
Bipolar disorder	478	1.14	255	0.59	0.556
Borderline personality disorder	344	1.38	207	1.02	0.308
Physical and/or sexual abuse history	317	1.14	197	0.68	0.499
Parent Avoidant Attachment
Offspring Characteristic	N	Hazard ratiob	z	95% CI
Suicide attempt status (attempter/non-attempter)	488	1.35	1.74	0.96 to 1.91	0.083
	Na	Standardized Coefficientb	df	t
Maximum lethality of suicide attempts	38	0.30	32	1.423	0.163
Trait impulsivity Z-score – combined child and adult offspring	450	0.10	234	2.2	0.025
Number of suicide attempts	38	0.50	32	2.06	0.048
Intent of most lethal attempt	33	2.49	30	3.30	0.003
Trait aggression	159	0.30	95	0.61	0.541
Age at last assessment	488	−0.20	242	−0.52	0.604
		ORb	df	t
Sex	488	0.90	259	−0.70	0.485
Major depressive disorder	478	1.35	255	2.54	0.012
Bipolar disorder	478	0.82	255	−0.82	0.412
Borderline personality disorder	344	1.11	207	0.39	0.695
Physical and/or sexual abuse history	317	1.35	197	1.47	0.143

^aCases where N<488 are due to missing data or non-attempter status.

^bEstimates are for 1 standard deviation difference in the parent attachment score