The analysis used a model containing 10 variables, including psychological variables, behavioral variables, and variables relating to school and family difficulties. Findings showed that emotional and ideological disparity with parents and disparity between the importance the adolescent placed on academic achievement and satisfaction with academic achievement were linked to suicide ideation through the intervening variables of self-esteem; purpose in life, and two forms of deviant behavior: alcohol use and eating disorder. However, self-confidence and the deviant behaviors of delinquency and drug use did not prove to be meaningful intervening variables. Figure, table, and 39 references. (Author abstract modified)