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Factors Associated with Suicide Ideation among American Indian Adolescents: Does Culture Matter?
Author(s) -
Novins Douglas K.,
Beals Janette,
Roberts Robert E.,
Manson Spero M.
Publication year - 1999
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.1999.tb00528.x
Subject(s) - conceptualization , tribe , suicidal ideation , suicide ideation , ideation , psychology , suicide prevention , clinical psychology , poison control , medicine , sociology , anthropology , environmental health , computer science , cognitive science , artificial intelligence
Data from self‐report surveys of 1,353 high school students representing three culturally distinct American Indian tribes were analyzed for tribal differences in factors associated with suicidal ideation. In the multivariate analysis, no single correlate of suicide ideation was common to all three tribes. The correlates of suicide ideation were consistent with each tribe's social structure, conceptualization of individual and gender roles, support systems, and conceptualization of death. These results underscore the heterogeneity of suicide ideation across three distinct American Indian tribes consistent with their cultural heterogeneity. Suicide prevention and screening programs may be difficult to adapt from one tribe to another.