Suicidality in Black American Youth Living in Impoverished Neighborhoods: Is School Connectedness a Protective Factor?

Autor/inn/en	Tomek, Sara; Burton, Shelby; Hooper, Lisa M.; Bolland, Anneliese; Bolland, John
Titel	Suicidality in Black American Youth Living in Impoverished Neighborhoods: Is School Connectedness a Protective Factor?
Quelle	In: School Mental Health, 10 (2018) 1, S.1-11 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tomek, Sara)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1866-2625
DOI	10.1007/s12310-017-9241-4
Schlagwörter	Suicide; African American Students; Youth; Poverty Areas; Adolescents; At Risk Students; Prevention; Intervention; Sense of Community; Longitudinal Studies; Neighborhoods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstmord; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft
Abstract	Suicidality is a significant public health issue for adolescents (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Leading causes of death reports, national and regional, 1999-2015, 2015). Cultural factors such as gender, race, and poverty may place some adolescents at an increased risk for suicidality. The school context has been offered as a setting that may serve as an effective prevention and intervention point for buffering suicidality. Given that adolescents spend a significant amount of time at school, school connectedness, or the sense of belonging to a school community, may be a significant and positive protective factor against social isolation. Undergirded by Joiner's (Why people die by suicide, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2005; The interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior: current empirical status, 2009) interpersonal theory of suicide, the current investigation explores the relation between suicidality (i.e., suicide ideations and attempts) and school connectedness. Using a large longitudinal data set (N = 2335), results of two logistic growth models found that school connectedness serves as a strong protective factor for suicidality among Black American adolescents living in impoverished neighborhoods. Results showed that school connectedness reduced the probability of suicide ideations and attempts over time and for both females and males. Implications for theory, practice, and research are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01