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Predictors of Multiple Suicide Attempts among Suicidal Black Adolescents
Author(s) -
Merchant Christopher,
Kramer Anne,
Joe Sean,
Venkataraman Sanjeev,
King Cheryl A.
Publication year - 2009
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 - 10.1521/suli.2009.39.2.115
Subject(s) - psychopathology , suicidal ideation , suicide prevention , poison control , suicide attempt , psychology , injury prevention , clinical psychology , human factors and ergonomics , interpersonal relationship , interpersonal communication , occupational safety and health , orientation (vector space) , psychiatry , medicine , medical emergency , social psychology , geometry , mathematics , pathology
Psychopathology, social support, and interpersonal orientation were studied in relation to suicide attempt status in acutely suicidal, psychiatrically hospitalized Black adolescents and a matched sample of White adolescents. In the total sample, multiple attempters were differentiated by lower perceived support. Within the Black youth subsample, social comparison and positive stimulation from others differentiated multiple attempters from single attempters/ideators. Only suicidal ideation predicted multiple attempts among White youth and only higher interpersonal orientation predicted multiple suicide attempts within Black adolescents.