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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Understanding When and Why Some Adolescent Girls Attempt Suicide: An Emerging Framework Integrating Menstrual Cycle Fluctuations in Risk
Contributor:
Owens, Sarah A.;
Eisenlohr‐Moul, Tory A.;
Prinstein, Mitchell J.
imprint:
Wiley, 2020
Published in:Child Development Perspectives
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1111/cdep.12367
ISSN:
1750-8592;
1750-8606
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The prevalence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors increases dramatically across the transition to puberty, particularly among adolescent girls. Yet we know little about why adolescent girls are at heightened risk, or when girls may be most likely to consider or engage in suicidal behavior. In this article, we outline evidence supporting a role for the menstrual cycle in the onset of and fluctuations in adolescent girls’ suicide risk. This emerging framework outlines developmental (i.e., biological, social, and cognitive) characteristics that might place certain girls at higher risk (e.g., between‐subjects factors), as well as potential mechanisms that occur during the perimenstrual phase of the menstrual cycle (i.e., within‐subjects factors) that increase adolescent females’ increased risk for suicide.</jats:p>