Citation

Chang B, Delaney K. J. Child Adolesc. Psychiatr. Nurs. 2019; 32(2): 47-50.

Affiliation

Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jcap.12237

PMID

31081275

Abstract

Elevated levels of suicide risk among transgender youth have alarmed both public health officials and researchers from various disciplines. Despite nursing's robust involvement in suicide research, literature reviews indicate a lack of nursing research focused on suicide among transgender youth. Most of the existing literature pertain to predictive factors in either the individual or environmental domain. There is limited research examining how interactions with the environment in of itself might be a predictive factor. This paper treats the subject of suicide risk among transgender youth with a heuristic inquiry into person-environment interaction. The Society to Cell Resiliency Framework and Social Self Preservation Model were used to inform exploration of how person-environment interactions might be associated with suicide risk. Implications of this framework will be discussed in terms of how it may affect advancements in nursing education, practice, and research with transgender youth.

© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Language: en

Keywords

minority stress; nursing; person-environment interaction; social evaluative threat; suicide risk; transgender health