Citation

De Luca SM, Wyman P, Warren K. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2012; 42(6): 672-683.

Affiliation

Susan M. De Luca, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA; Peter Wyman, Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA; and Keith Warren, Associate Professor, College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00121.x

PMID

23062099

Abstract

Associations between suicidal behavior and social-ecological variables were examined among 1,618 Latina high school students (mean age = 15) from the nationally representative Add Health sample (68% were U.S.-born). Ideations were associated with having a suicidal friend, lower perceived father support, and overall parental caring. Attempts were associated with having a suicidal friend, and lower perceived teacher and parental support. Peer and mother relationship variables were not predictors of ideations or attempts. The protective role of father and teacher support has not previously been emphasized in the literature. Strengthening connections to parents and teachers may reduce suicidal behavior in adolescent Latinas.

Language: en