While many variables affect suicidality among teenagers, which item below has been a particularly powerful predictor:

a. a recent parental divorce
b. a transfer to a new school
c. a history of occasional drug use
d. a change in family economic status


Answer: a. a recent parental divorce

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A) ?support system B) ?sociological factors C) ?ecological factors D) ?individual system

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