title: Suicide Risk Among College Student. The Intersection of Sexual Orientation and Race.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Research on young adults in the general population has identified a relationship between sexual minority identification and risk for suicide. Differential rates of suicidal ideation and attempts have also been found across racial and ethnic groups.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study examined risk for suicide among university students, based on membership in one or more marginalized groups (sexual minority and racial minority identification).
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from first-year college students (N = 4,345) at an urban university. Structural equation modeling was employed to model a suicidality construct, based on which a "risk for suicide" category system was derived. Chi-square and logistic regression analyses were then conducted to estimate the relationship between the background variables of interest and suicide risk.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students who identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) were associated with higher suicide risk than their heterosexual peers. Students of color were slightly less at risk than their heterosexual peers. However, LGB students of color were associated with elevated suicide risk relative to heterosexual peers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results indicate that belonging to multiple marginalized groups may increase one's risk for suicide, though these effects are not simply additive. Findings highlight the complexity of the intersection between marginalized identities and suicidality.
authors.affiliation: 1 Pace University, Counseling Center, New York, NY, USA.|2 Pace University, Department of Psychology, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shadick
authors.affiliation: 1 Pace University, Counseling Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Faedra
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Backus Dagirmanjian
authors.affiliation: 2 Pace University, Department of Psychology, New York, NY, USA.|3 Yale University, Child Study Center, New Haven, CT, USA.
authors.forename: Baptiste
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barbot
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000072957:Alaska Natives / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001727:Bisexuality / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014495:Universities; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: college students; ethnicity; sexual orientation; suicide risk