Immigration, suicidal ideation and deliberate self-injury in the Boston Youth Survey 2006.

Year: 2013 Source: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.(2011).41(2):193Ð202.DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2010.00016.x SIEC No: 20130528

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 = 1.6Ð5.9) and suicidal ideation (OR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.2Ð3.8). The combination of being U.S.-born and experiencing ancestry-based discrimination identifies youth at increased risk for suicidal behavior.

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