Preoccupations with Death in “Normal” Children
The Relationship to Suicidal Behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13630430 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cynthia R Pfeffer (Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College and Chief, Child Psychiatry Inpatient Unit, New York Hospital-Westchester Division, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 205-212 |
| Publication date | 1990-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/9g42-a259-54tu-g3fl |
| OpenAlex | W1963528381 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article discusses the role of death preoccupations in the diagnosis of childhood suicidal behavior. One hundred and one randomly selected school children, ages six to twelve years, and a parent were interviewed with a semistructured approach to determine characteristics of the child's behavior, emotions, development, ego functioning, concepts of death, and family history. Approximately 12 percent of the children expressed suicidal ideas or acts. The suicidal children had significantly more intense preoccupations with death than the nonsuicidal children. Three brief vignettes and the children's statements about death are presented to illustrate a nonsuicidal child without a recent death experience, a suicidal child, and a nonsuicidal child with a recent death experience
Cause of death · Developmental psychology · Disease · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Suicidal behavior · Suicide prevention · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |