title: Relationship between sense of belonging as connectedness and suicide in American Indians.
abstract: The incidence of suicide in American Indians is highest of all ethnic populations. M. Naegle and C. D'Avanzo (2001) assert that suicide is often correlated with primary depression and substance dependence. Prevalence rate for suicide within the American Indian population was 1.5 times the national rate in 2001. The sociohistorical impact of sense of belonging to suicide within this population has not been explored in previous research (C. Strickland, E. Walsh, & M. Cooper, 2006). The findings support that sense of belonging has a negative association with suicidal ideation (r = -.203, P < or = .01) and may buffer the development of depressive symptoms.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, USA. dorismhill@msn.com
authors.forename: Doris Leal
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D015995:Prevalence; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012649:Self Concept; D012933:Social Identification; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology; D013405:Suicide / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016549:United States Indian Health Service; D055815:Young Adult; D000092864:Suicide Prevention