Are Mexican American Adolescents at Greater Risk of Suicidal Behaviors?

Autor/inn/en	Roberts, Robert E.; Roberts, Catherine Ramsay; Xing, Yun
Titel	Are Mexican American Adolescents at Greater Risk of Suicidal Behaviors?
Quelle	In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 37 (2007) 1, S.10-21 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-0234
DOI	10.1521/suli.2007.37.1.10
Schlagwörter	Mexican Americans; Suicide; At Risk Persons; Ethnicity; Racial Differences; Adolescents; Whites; African Americans; Psychological Patterns; Research Methodology; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hispanoamerikaner; Selbstmord; Risikogruppe; Ethnizität; Rassenunterschied; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; White; Weißer; Afroamerikaner; Research method; Forschungsmethode
Abstract	A reexamination of ethnicity as a risk factor for adolescent suicidal behavior, focusing on whether Mexican American youths are at increased risk, was undertaken. Data from a sample of 4,175 African, European, and Mexican Americans, aged 11-17, are presented. We examined lifetime attempts and past year attempts, thoughts, and plans. Odds ratios, adjusting for covariates, indicate no differences between European and Mexican Americans on past year thoughts, plans, or attempts or lifetime attempts. Although some studies have reported Mexican American youths are at increased risk, we did not find any differences. Possible explanations for disparate results across studies are discussed, in particular methods effects. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10