Examining suicidality, bullying, and gun carrying among Latina/o youth over 10 years

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ID9051502
AutoresAndrea J Romero (0000-0002-0070-2841, Administration for Children and Families), Sheri Bauman (0000-0003-4953-5543, University of Arizona), Mark Borgstrom (0000-0003-4659-4927, University of Arizona), E Kim (0000-0003-2294-4822, Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network), Sei Eun Kim
Año2018
Volumen88
Número4
Páginas450-461
Fecha de publicación2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/ort0000323
PMID29999389
OpenAlexW2864625446
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15
Referencias citadas9

Latino/a youth have reported the highest rates of suicide attempts compared to White and African American youth for over 40 years. The data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) cross-sectional subsamples of Latino/a youth (N = 13,378) at every year of data collection between 2005 and 2015 were examined for bullying, gun carrying, and suicidality. Results indicate that Latina girls are significantly more likely than boys to make a suicide attempt and report more bullying and more cyberbullying, but are less likely to carry a gun. Being bullied or carrying a gun were significantly associated with greater likelihood of suicide attempt among both boys and girls. Youth who carried a gun overall had higher rates of suicide attempts whether they were bullied or not, whereas youth who did not carry a gun were significantly more likely to attempt suicide if they were bullied. Over the past 10 years, gun carrying has decreased significantly for Latino boys and suicide attempts have decreased significantly for Latina girls. Findings have important implications of considering intersections of race and gender when developing antibullying and suicide prevention strategies. There are important policy implications for considering the mental well-being of youth who are caught carrying guns at school and considering that victimization varies by ethnicity and gender. (PsycINFO Database Record

Ethnic group · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · MEDLINE · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · PsycINFO · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Youth Risk Behavior Survey · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support