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The recent suicidal behavior of fifty-three hospitalized preadolescents was assessed in interviews with children and their parents. Children described by their parents as more suicidal scored higher on measures of verbal intelligence and language production than their less suicidal counterparts, with unique variance predicted only by language production ability. The results suggest that parents of preadolescents with better language production skills may be more aware of their youngsters' suicidal thoughts than parents of children with poorer language production ability.
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Milling, L., Giddan, J.J., Campbell, N.B. et al. Preadolescent Suicidal Behavior: The Role of Cognitive Functioning. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 28, 103–115 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025193319243
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