RESUMO

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.

Assuntos

Emigrantes e Imigrantes/psicologia , Comportamento Autodestrutivo/psicologia , Ideação Suicida , Adolescente , Boston/epidemiologia , Intervalos de Confiança , Emigrantes e Imigrantes/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Inquéritos Epidemiológicos , Humanos , Masculino , Razão de Chances , Preconceito , Prevalência , Grupos Raciais/psicologia , Grupos Raciais/estatística & dados numéricos , Fatores de Risco , Comportamento Autodestrutivo/epidemiologia , Adulto Jovem