Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Volume 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-202

Immigration, suicidal ideation and deliberate self-injury in the Boston Youth Survey 2006 (Article)

Borges G.* , Azrael D. , Almeida J. , Johnson R.M. , Molnar B.E. , Hemenway D. , Miller M.
  • a National Institute of Psychiatry, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico
  • b Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
  • c Institute on Urban Health Research, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States
  • d Boston University, School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
  • e Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
  • f Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
  • g Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States

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. © 2011 The American Association of Suicidology.

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social psychology psychological aspect risk Continental Population Groups human Odds Ratio statistics Confidence Intervals Health Surveys Self-Injurious Behavior Confidence interval Young Adult United States Humans Adolescent male Emigrants and Immigrants female risk factor Risk Factors race automutilation prevalence Article adult migration Prejudice suicidal ideation Boston health survey
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2010.00016.x
ISSN: 03630234
Cited by: 6
Original Language: English