@article{ref1,
title="Does purpose in life or ethnic identity moderate the association for racial discrimination and suicide ideation in racial/ethnic minority emerging adults?",
journal="Cultural diversity and ethnic minority psychology",
year="2018",
author="Hong, Judy H. and Talavera, David C. and Odafe, Mary O. and Barr, Christopher D. and Walker, Rheeda L.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine purpose in life (PIL) and ethnic identity (EI) as buffers to suicide ideation for Asian American, Hispanic, and Black emerging adults who perceive racial discrimination. <br><br>METHOD: Two-hundred eighty-nine undergraduate students enrolled at a large university in the southwestern region of the United States (40.8% Asian American, 32.5% Hispanic, 26.6% Black; 61.2% women; mean age = 20.47, <i>SD</i> = 1.83) reported on experiences of racial discrimination, PIL, EI, and suicidal thoughts. Covariates were intrinsic religiosity, gender, and age. <br><br>RESULTS: Regression analysis showed that EI was not a significant moderator for the association between perceived racial discrimination (PRD) and suicidal ideation (β = -.08, <i>p</i> =.13; 95% confidence interval (CI) [-.19,.03]). However, PIL was a significant moderator (β = -.11, <i>p</i> =.025; CI [-.20, -.01]). A hierarchical regression showed that PIL as a moderator explained additional variance (ΔR2 = 0.11, <i>p</i> <.001) in suicide ideation above and beyond EI. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide some insight into how life purpose might ameliorate the impact of social stressors above and beyond a positive cultural identity for young racial/ethnic minority adults. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1099-9809",
doi="10.1037/cdp0000245",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000245"
}