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Psychiatry"],"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Background<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Previous studies have linked parent\u2013adolescent communication and self-esteem to adolescent suicidal ideation; however, less is known about how these relationships unfold over time, whether maternal and paternal communication play different roles, and whether these associations reflect stable between-person differences or within-person changes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Cross-lagged panel models (CLPM) and random-intercept cross-lagged panel models (RI-CLPM) were used to examine the longitudinal relationships among parent-adolescent communication, self-esteem, and suicidal ideation. A four-wave longitudinal survey with six-month intervals was conducted among 1,036 Chinese adolescents (47.4% female;\n                      <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>age<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 13.39 \u00b1 0.54 years). Parent-adolescent communication, self-esteem, and suicidal ideation were assessed using validated self-report measures.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The CLPM results indicated bidirectional associations between self-esteem and suicidal ideation and showed that both father\u2013adolescent and mother\u2013adolescent communication were associated with subsequent self-esteem and suicidal ideation across time. Self-esteem also accounted for part of the longitudinal associations between parent\u2013adolescent communication and suicidal ideation. The RI-CLPM results further showed that, at the within-person level, only mother\u2013adolescent communication predicted subsequent decreases in suicidal ideation, whereas father\u2013adolescent communication showed no significant effects. Self-esteem consistently predicted subsequent suicidal ideation across time, whereas evidence supporting reverse effects was relatively limited.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study advances understanding of the dynamic relationships among parent\u2013adolescent communication, self-esteem, and suicidal ideation. 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