title: The role of acculturation in suicidal ideation among second-generation immigrant adolescents in France.
abstract: This study explored the contributions of sociocultural and psychopathological factors to suicidal ideation among adolescents. A sample of 292 French high school students with an immigrant background completed a questionnaire assessing suicidal ideation, borderline personality traits, depressive symptoms, parental attachment, life events, acculturation orientations, ethnic identity, cannabis and alcohol consumption, socioeconomic status and academic failure. Although stressful life events, depressive symptoms, and individualism were risk factors, and attachment to parents a protective factor for both boys and girls, some gender differences emerged. Borderline traits (risk factor), assimilation and marginalization (both protective factors) were significant predictors only among girls.
authors.affiliation: Psychopathology, University of Toulouse-Le Mirail, Pavillon de la recherché, 5 Allées Antonio Machado, Toulouse cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: Nikki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: van Leeuwen
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Régner
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chabrol
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D019303:Multilingualism; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012933:Social Identification; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D014829:Vocational Education; D055815:Young Adult