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- Title
Suicide Ideation and Attempts among Low-Income African American Adolescents.
- Authors
FITZPATRICK, KEVIN M.; PIKO, BETTINA F.; MILLER, ELIZABETH
- Abstract
We examined the impact of risk and protective factors on the odds that African American adolescents seriously think about or attempt suicide. Data from students in grades 5-12 in a mostly urban, southeastern U.S. school district were analyzed. Findings support earlier work documenting differences in gender and grades. Risk factors were uniformly significant in understanding both ideation and attempts. Protective factors were not consistent predictors; the lowering role of religious protective factors was limited, though student's belonging to or their perception of belonging to a spiritual community was a significant factor in lowering the odds of suicide ideation.
- Subjects
AFRICAN American teenagers; POOR people; SUICIDE risk factors; PATHOLOGICAL psychology; SUICIDAL behavior; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 2008, Vol 38, Issue 5, p552
- ISSN
0363-0234
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1521/suli.2008.38.5.552