Table 4 Associations between perceived parental support in childhood and adolescence and suicidal thoughts over the preceding year, categorized by whether individuals had a personal history of depression or attempted suicide*
Perceived parental support | Personal history of attempted suicide or depression | No personal history of attempted suicide or depression | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adjusted ** (n = 1374) | Adjusted *** (n = 1193) | Adjusted ** (n = 8641) | Adjusted ***(n = 7777) | |||||
Occasional suicidal thoughts | Frequent suicidal thoughts | Occasional suicidal thoughts | Frequent suicidal thoughts | Occasional suicidal thoughts | Frequent suicidal thoughts | Occasional suicidal thoughts | Frequent suicidal thoughts | |
OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |
Extremely strong | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Strong | 1.18 (0.86–1.61) | 1.64 (1.00–2.69) | 1.22 (0.88–1.70) | 1.54 (0.92–2.60) | 1.68 (1.44–1.97) | 1.01 (0.63–1.63) | 1.67 (1.41–1.97) | 0.91 (0.56–1.48) |
Moderate | 1.27 (0.90–1.77) | 2.68 (1.62–4.38) | 1.31 (0.92–1.88) | 2.34 (1.38–3.99) | 2.63 (2.20–3.15) | 3.54 (2.26–5.57) | 2.38 (1.97–2.89) | 3.06 (1.92–4.86) |
Low | 1.75 (1.14–2.67) | 4.00 (2.28–7.15) | 2.00 (1.26–3.17) | 4.26 (2.31–7.85) | 4.19 (3.28–5.36) | 5.88 (3.35–10.34) | 3.97 (3.04–5.18) | 4.93 (2.70–9.01) |
None | 1.62 (0.82–3.22) | 6.46 (3.03–13.77) | 1.85 (0.88–3.90) | 6.01 (2.65–14.00) | 6.33 (4.05–9.88) | 10.29 (4.28–24.76) | 6.45 (3.90–10.66) | 8.06 (2.92–22.23) |