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. 2021 Jun 24;31(11):2056–2068. doi: 10.1177/10497323211022316

Table 1.

Added Value by Peers Per Topic.

Topic Subtopics Mentioned by Peers That Parents Did Not Mention in the Accompanying Cases Number of Cases (n)
Substance use Amount of alcohol/drugs 2
Suspected of dealing soft drugs 1
Used hard drugs for a while 1
Sex in exchange for drugs 1
School experiences Academic stress/problems 6
Self-harm in class 3
Unpleasant events or incidents 2
Study doubts 2
Very annoyed by classmates 1
Overestimated at school because of strong social emotional skills 1
Social relationships with peers and bullying Struggles with friendships 4
Details about friendships and interactions 3
Number of unhealthy friends increased 2
Felt bullied for a while 1
Never bullied while parents suspected bullying 1
Parents’ aversion to friends pushed him toward friends 1
Family relations Relationship with siblings 4
Feeling guilt or difficulties for causing other people to worry 3
Problems with parents and new partner 2
Relationship/arguments with parents 2
Worrying about other family members 1
Reason parents divorced 1
Influence of parental depression on a young person 1
Abuse of parents by a young person 1
Social media and contagion effects Social relationships in clinic 2
Engaged in positive recovery communities 2
More active on social media than parents thought 2
Recontacted a parent via Facebook 1
Removed the last name on social media and switched phone numbers often 1
Suspected of blackmailing/threats via Facebook 1
Encountering images of self-harm 1
Very upset with a good friend’s suicide 1
Sexual and gender diversity Contact with the one whom she had romantic feelings for was broken off 1
Suspected difficulties with sexual identity confirmed by peer 1
Suicide-related communication toward parents/peers Signals other than those parents received 6
Showed self-harm only to peers 1