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The Relationship of Drug Use to Suicide Ideation and Attempts Among African American, Hispanic, and White Non‐Hispanic Male Adolescents
Author(s) -
Vega William A.,
Gil Andres,
Warheit George,
Apospori Eleni,
Zimmerman Rick
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1993.tb00375.x
Subject(s) - acculturation , suicide ideation , suicidal ideation , demography , clinical psychology , psychology , white (mutation) , medicine , ideation , suicide prevention , miami , substance abuse , psychiatry , ethnic group , poison control , environmental health , sociology , anthropology , biochemistry , chemistry , environmental science , soil science , gene , cognitive science
This study presents self‐report cross‐sectional and longitudinal data on associations between drug use, suicide ideation, and attempts in a multiethnic sample of seventh‐ and eighth‐grade male adolescents attending school in the greater Miami, Florida, area. African Americans had the highest prevalence of 6‐month ideation (20.5%), and Haitians had the highest attempts (11.4%). For the total sample, tranquilizers had the highest odds ratio for ideation (3.4), and PCP for attempts (6.2). Psychoactive drug‐use was consistently related to attempts among Hispanics, white non‐Hispanics, and African Americans. Acculturation strains interacted with cocaine and crack to predict suicide attempts among Hispanic respondents.