Protecting urban American Indian young people from suicide.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the likelihood of a past suicide attempt for urban American Indian boys and girls, given salient risk and protective factors.


METHODS
Survey data from 569 urban American Indian, ages 9-15, in-school youths. Logistic regression determined probabilities of past suicide attempts.


RESULTS
For girls, suicidal histories were associated with substance use (risk) and positive mood (protective); probabilities ranged from 6.0% to 57.0%. For boys, probabilities for models with violence perpetration (risk), parent prosocial behavior norms (protective), and positive mood (protective) ranged from 1.0% to 38.0%.


CONCLUSIONS
Highlights the value of assessing both risk and protective factors for suicidal vulnerability and prioritizing prevention strategies.
Pettingell
Sandra L
SL
Center for Adolescent Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. erick100@umn.edu
Bearinger
Linda H
LH
Skay
Carol L
CL
Resnick
Michael D
MD
Potthoff
Sandra J
SJ
Eichhorn
John
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014504:Urban Health