Suicide may become more common in adolescence than in childhood for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A)adolescents have higher rates of several types of psychopathology that are tied to suicide.
B)adolescents are more sophisticated than children in their thinking and can contemplate suicide more clearly.
C)adolescents simply have easier access to the means to commit suicide than do children.
D)adolescents are generally more prone to impulsive behaviors, whereas children tend to be more cautious.

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Adolescents are not generally more prone to impulsive behaviors compared to children. In fact, impulsivity is a characteristic that can be seen across different age groups, including children. The increase in suicide rates among adolescents compared to children is more closely related to factors such as higher rates of psychopathology, more sophisticated cognitive abilities to contemplate suicide, and easier access to means, rather than a generalized increase in impulsivity.

Suicide May Become More Common in Adolescence Than in Childhood