Stirling T Argabright1, Elina Visoki1, Tyler M Moore2, Dallas T Ryan3, Grace E DiDomenico1, Wanjikũ F M Njoroge4, Jerome H Taylor4, Sinan Guloksuz5, Ruben C Gur2, Raquel E Gur4, Tami D Benton4, Ran Barzilay6. 1. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Lifespan Brain Institute of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine, Pennsylvania. 2. Lifespan Brain Institute of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 3. Lifespan Brain Institute of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine, Pennsylvania. 4. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Lifespan Brain Institute of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 5. School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, the Netherlands; Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. 6. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Lifespan Brain Institute of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Electronic address: ran.barzilay@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Youth suicide rates in the United States have been increasing in recent years, especially in Black Americans, the reasons for which are unclear. Environmental adversity is key in youth suicidality; hence there is a need to study stressors that have a disproportionate impact on Black youths. We aimed to disentangle the unique contribution of racial/ethnic discrimination from other adversities associated with childhood suicidal ideation and attempts (suicidality). METHOD: We analyzed data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, which included a large, diverse sample of US children (N = 11,235, mean age 10.9 years, 20.2% Black), assessed for multiple environmental adversities including discrimination. Multivariate regression models tested the association of self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination with suicidality, covarying for multiple confounders including other discrimination types (toward non-US-born individuals, sexual orientation-based, and weight-based). Matched analyses contrasted effects of racial/ethnic discrimination and racial identity on suicidality. RESULTS: Black youths reported more discrimination and higher suicidality rates than non-Black youths. High racial/ethnic discrimination was positively and significantly associated with suicidality, adjusting for other discrimination types (odds ratio = 2.6, 95% CI = 2.1-3.2). Findings remained significant after adjusting for multiple suicidality risk factors. Once experienced, racial/ethnic discrimination was similarly associated with suicidality in White, Black, and Hispanic youths. Matched analyses revealed that racial/ethnic discrimination was associated with suicidality (relative risk = 2.7, 95% CI = 2-3.5), whereas Black race was not (relative risk = 0.9, 95% CI = 0.7-1.2). CONCLUSION: Racial/ethnic discrimination is disproportionately experienced by Black children, and is associated with preadolescent suicidality, over and above other adversities. Findings highlight the need to address discrimination as part of suicide prevention strategies. Cross-sectional design hampers causal inferences.
OBJECTIVE: Youth suicide rates in the United States have been increasing in recent years, especially in Black Americans, the reasons for which are unclear. Environmental adversity is key in youth suicidality; hence there is a need to study stressors that have a disproportionate impact on Black youths. We aimed to disentangle the unique contribution of racial/ethnic discrimination from other adversities associated with childhood suicidal ideation and attempts (suicidality). METHOD: We analyzed data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, which included a large, diverse sample of US children (N = 11,235, mean age 10.9 years, 20.2% Black), assessed for multiple environmental adversities including discrimination. Multivariate regression models tested the association of self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination with suicidality, covarying for multiple confounders including other discrimination types (toward non-US-born individuals, sexual orientation-based, and weight-based). Matched analyses contrasted effects of racial/ethnic discrimination and racial identity on suicidality. RESULTS: Black youths reported more discrimination and higher suicidality rates than non-Black youths. High racial/ethnic discrimination was positively and significantly associated with suicidality, adjusting for other discrimination types (odds ratio = 2.6, 95% CI = 2.1-3.2). Findings remained significant after adjusting for multiple suicidality risk factors. Once experienced, racial/ethnic discrimination was similarly associated with suicidality in White, Black, and Hispanic youths. Matched analyses revealed that racial/ethnic discrimination was associated with suicidality (relative risk = 2.7, 95% CI = 2-3.5), whereas Black race was not (relative risk = 0.9, 95% CI = 0.7-1.2). CONCLUSION: Racial/ethnic discrimination is disproportionately experienced by Black children, and is associated with preadolescent suicidality, over and above other adversities. Findings highlight the need to address discrimination as part of suicide prevention strategies. Cross-sectional design hampers causal inferences.
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