Teen depression and suicide: effective prevention and intervention strategies

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith A. King ◽  
Rebecca A. Vidourek
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Prevention And Intervention

Suicide

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey Freedenthal
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Suicide Assessment ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Prevention And Intervention ◽  
The World ◽  
Suicide Risk Factors

Every year, more people in the world die from suicide than from homicide and wars combined. Efforts to reduce suicide have made several advances. Research has identified numerous suicide risk factors, and, though small in number, effective prevention and intervention strategies have been identified. Social workers are likely to encounter suicidal clients in their work, requiring suicide assessment and intervention skills.

scholarly journals Bully Prevention: Creating Safe and Inclusive Environments for Youth

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Kimberly Allen ◽  
Robin Roper ◽  
Cara Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Monthly Basis ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Prevention And Intervention ◽  
Bully Prevention ◽  
Physical Problems ◽  
Development Professionals ◽  
Bullying Behaviors ◽  
Youth Development Professionals

Bullying is a major issue facing youth of all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life. In fact, 30% of youth report experiencing bullying on a monthly basis (Nansel, Overpeck, Pilla, Ruan, Simons-Murton & Scheidt, 2001). As a consequence, these youth are at much greater risk for a host of mental and physical problems (Ttofi & Farrington, 2008). Parents, teachers, educators and youth advocates all agree that this issue merits time and attention, yet many professionals are at a loss for understanding the issue or what resources might be most effective with their young audience. With the increased rates of bullying behaviors and growing research about effective prevention and intervention strategies, youth development professionals need guidance for creating and sustaining bully prevention efforts. The purpose of this article is to highlight the growing research on bully prevention and provide information for practitioners working to create safe and inclusive environments for youth.

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Social Support in the Relationship Between Parenting Styles and Adolescent Drug Abuse Identification

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Liu ◽  
Weijie Meng ◽  
Bingyuan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Drug Abusers ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Prevention And Intervention ◽  
Mediating Role

Adolescent drug abuse is a social issue of global concern, causing a serious burden of diseases for individuals, families and society. To design effective prevention and intervention strategies for adolescent drug abusers, the predictive factors associated with drug abuse must be quantified and assessed. This study explores the similarities and differences between the parenting styles of adolescent drug abusers and non-drug abusers and applies a structural equation model to analyze the mechanisms involved between parenting styles, social support and adolescent drug abuse identification. Data were derived from adolescent drug abusers (n = 363) and non-drug abusers (n = 229) between the ages of 18 and 35 in China, and the data were collected and analyzed by SPSS 26 and AMOS 24. The results show that parenting styles significantly predict adolescent drug abuse identification, and different parenting styles have different influencing mechanisms, which further indicates that poor parenting styles are a risk factor for adolescent drug abuse. Additionally, social support plays a mediating role between parenting styles and drug abuse identification (χ2/df = 4.52, CFI = 0.939, TLI = 0.914, RMSEA = 0.077, IFI = 0.939, PCFI = 0.671). The specific pathways involved are as follows: Paternal parenting style → Social support → Drug abuse identification and Maternal parenting style → Social support → Drug abuse identification. However, beyond this, the mediation model of social support shows good adaptability and stability between adolescent drug abusers and non-drug abusers. Since parenting styles and social support are important predictors of adolescent drug abuse, the importance of integrating family-social support antidrug programs into adolescent prevention and intervention strategies should be considered.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Stress and Smartphone Addiction among Adolescents: The Mediating Effect of Grit

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaeyoon Kim ◽  
Keumjoo Kwak ◽  
Yeonsoo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Daily Hassles ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Korean Students ◽  
Prevention And Intervention ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
National Information ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of grit on the relationship between stress and smartphone addiction among adolescents. Participants were 605 Korean students from age 12 to 16 (mean age = 13.97 years). Stress was assessed using the Daily Hassles Scales for Children in Korea developed by Han and Yoo (1995). Grit was measured by the Korean translated version of the Original Grit Scale (Duckworth et al., 2007; Park et al., 2020), and smartphone addiction was measured by using the Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale for Youth developed by the National Information Society Agency (2011). The mediating effect was analyzed by using PROCESS macro version 3.5, and bootstrapping was conducted to test the significance of the mediating effect. The results showed that adolescent's stress and grit significantly influenced smartphone addiction. Also, grit partially mediated the relationship between stress and smartphone addiction. This means that high levels of stress reduced grit, which in turn increased smartphone addiction proneness among adolescents. In addition, two factors of grit (consistency of interest and perseverance of effort) both mediated the association between stress and smartphone addiction. The current study is meaningful in that it is the first study to empirically investigate adolescent's grit in relation to stress and smartphone addiction. Moreover, this study can provide useful information about prevention and intervention strategies for smartphone addiction.

scholarly journals Exploring Behavior of People with Suicidal Ideation in a Chinese Online Suicidal Community

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Wang ◽  
Guang Yu ◽  
Xianyun Tian
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Social Media Platforms

People with suicidal ideation (PSI) are increasingly using social media to express suicidal feelings. Researchers have found that their internet-based communication may lead to the spread of suicidal ideation, which presents a set of challenges for suicide prevention. To develop effective prevention and intervention strategies that can be efficiently applied in online communities, we need to understand the behavior of PSI in internet-based communities. However, to date there have been no studies that specifically focus on the behavior of PSI in Chinese online communities. A total of 4489 postings in which users explicitly expressed their suicidal ideation were labeled from 560,000 postings in an internet-based suicidal community on Weibo (one of the biggest social media platforms in China) to explore their behavior. The results reveal that PSI are significantly more active than other users in the community. With the use of social network analysis, we also found that the more frequently users communicate with PSI, the more likely that users would become suicidal. In addition, Chinese women may be more likely to be at risk of suicide than men in the community. This study enriches our knowledge of PSI’s behavior in online communities, which may contribute to detecting and assisting PSI on social media.

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