Table 2.
Mental health symptoms at two-year follow-up of adolescents identified as at heightened risk for suicidality at baseline who did and did not endorse extreme self-reliance.
| Follow-Up Mental Health Symptoms | Total (N = 179) | Gender | Extreme Self-Reliance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (n = 60) | Female (n = 119) | p | Yes (n = 52) | No (n = 127) | p | ||
| Depression symptoms | 10.08 (7.28) | 7.92 (5.14) | 11.18 (7.95) | 0.01 | 12.42 (8.94) | 9.12 (6.49) | 0.05 |
| Suicidal ideation | 9.19 (9.71) | 7.64 (9.95) | 9.98 (9.53) | 0.13 | 11.67 (12.45) | 8.16 (8.28) | 0.05 |
Note: Extreme self-reliance was defined as answering the question “In the past four weeks when you’ve been feeling stressed, upset, or sad, how often did you solve problems on your own?” with the most extreme value, “All of the time”. Extreme self-reliance did not differ significantly by gender (χ2 = 0.30, p = 0.58). Mental health symptoms were based on BDI-A and SIQ-Jr. scores and are reported as mean (SD). Higher scores indicate higher values of that construct. Random effects of school and fixed effects of gender were included in all models.