1. Understanding Suicidal Ideation in Latino/a Adolescents Living in Puerto Rico
- Author
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Richard N. Jones, Yovanska Duarté-Vélez, and Anthony Spirito
- Subjects
Male ,050103 clinical psychology ,Adolescent ,Sexual Behavior ,Ethnic group ,Puerto rican ,Suicide, Attempted ,Environment ,Article ,Suicidal Ideation ,Latino a ,Risk Factors ,Ethnicity ,medicine ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Students ,Suicidal ideation ,Depression ,Puerto Rico ,05 social sciences ,Self Concept ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Socioeconomic Factors ,Adolescent Behavior ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,geographic locations ,050104 developmental & child psychology ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Puerto Rican adolescents, as well as other Latinos/as, have been identified at higher risk for suicidal ideation and attempts compared to other ethnic groups. However, research designed to better understand suicidality among Puerto Rican adolescents is rare.A socio-cognitive vulnerability model of suicidal ideation was tested in adolescents living in Puerto Rico.Multiple group path analyses were performed to assess the effect of self-reported socio-environmental and vulnerability factors on suicidal ideation, by sex, in 233 students from the metropolitan area of San Juan, Puerto Rico.Overall, the model explained a large amount of the variance in suicidal ideation (rResults support the mediating role of vulnerability factors and the differential importance of socio-environmental and vulnerability factors in understanding suicidal ideation among Puerto Rican adolescents. The relevance of exploring different developmental paths to suicidal ideation, separately by sex, is discussed.
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- 2018