Childhood factors associated with suicidal ideation among South African youth: A 28-year longitudinal study of the Birth to Twenty Plus cohort.

In subgroup analyses, childhood externalizing problems were significantly associated with an increased likelihood of reporting suicidal ideation among both males (OR 1.28, CI 1.13 to 1.45, P < 0.001 for 1 SD increase in externalizing problems score) and females (OR 1.19, CI 1.06 to 1.34, P = 0.001; P interaction = 0.380), while internalizing problems were significantly associated with suicidal ideation among males only (OR for males: 1.19, CI 1.05 to 1.34; P = 0.003; OR for females: 1.05, CI 0.95 to 1.16, P = 0.328), although the interaction did not reach statistical significance ( P interaction = 0.118).

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