Assessing African American Adolescents' Risk for Suicide Attempts: Attachment Theory.

Evaluates risk factors in African American adolescent suicide attempters (n=51) and nonsuicidal (n=124) adolescents. Results show that threat of separation from a parental figure, insomnia, neglect, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, and failing grades were the strongest predictors of suicide attempt. Unexpected findings include high levels of truancy, threatening others, and separation from a parent before age 12 among nonattempters. (Author/MKA)