| Literature DB >> 21470295 |
Guilherme Borges1, Deborah Azrael, Joanna Almeida, Renee M Johnson, Beth E Molnar, David Hemenway, Matthew Miller.
Abstract
The prevalence and immigration-related correlates of deliberate self-injury (DSI) and suicidal ideation (SI) were estimated in a sample of Boston public high school students in 2006. Compared with U.S.-born youth, immigrant youth were not at increased risk for DSI or SI, even if they had experienced discrimination due to their ancestry. By contrast, U.S.-born youth who reported having been discriminated against because of their ancestry had an increased risk of deliberate self-injury (odds ratio [OR] = 3.1, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.6-5.9) and suicidal ideation (OR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.2-3.8). The combination of being U.S.-born and experiencing ancestry-based discrimination identifies youth at increased risk for suicidal behavior.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21470295 PMCID： PMC5929125 DOI： 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2010.00016.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Suicide Life Threat Behav ISSN： 0363-0234