Parental suicide attempt and offspring educational attainment during adolescence in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) birth cohort

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Background: Few studies have investigated the impact of parental suicide attempt (SA) on offspring outcomes other than mental health. We investigated the association of parental SA with offspring educational attainment in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Method: Parental SA was prospectively recorded from pregnancy until the study children were 11 years old. National school test results (ages 11–16 years) were obtained by record linkage. Multilevel regression mod...

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Authors: Geulayov, G; Metcalfe, C; Gunnell, D

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Journal: Psychological Medicine
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 2097-2107
• Publication date: 2016-04-11
• Acceptance date: 2016-02-24
• DOI: 10.1017/s0033291716000556
• EISSN: 1469-8978
• ISSN: 0033-2917
• Pmid: 27063954
• Language: English
• Keywords: Fathers; Adolescent; Male; Journal Article; Humans; birth cohorts; Suicide, Attempted; child academic performance; England; Longitudinal Studies; Child of Impaired Parents; Child; SBTMR; Middle Aged; Educational Status; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children; Mothers; Female; Adult; parental self-harm