Predictors of multiple suicide attempts among suicidal black adolescents.
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.
Merchant
Christopher
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Department of Psychology, Uiversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 8109, USA.
Kramer
Anne
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Joe
Sean
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Venkataraman
Sanjeev
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King
Cheryl A
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D000293:Adolescent; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D011599:Psychopathology; D012008:Recurrence; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*