Examining developmental assets of young Black sexual gender minority males in preventing suicidal behaviors.

Autor: Boyd DT; College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. Electronic address: boyd.465@osu.edu., Jones KV; School of Social Work, University of Washington, USA., Hawthorne DJ; Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA., Quinn CR; Center for Equitable Family & Community Well-Being, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA., Mueller-Williams AC; Addiction Center, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, MI, USA., Ramos SR; School of Nursing and School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA., Dyer TV; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA., Wilton L; Department of Human Development, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, USA; University of Johannesburg, Department of Humanities, South Africa.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of psychiatric research [J Psychiatr Res] 2024 Mar; Vol. 171, pp. 256-262. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 25.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.01.035
Abstrakt: Black gay and bisexual male adolescents and young adults (BGBMA/YA) are at higher risk for suicidal outcomes given their minoritized and stigmatized identities at the intersection of race and sexual orientation. This study explores key developmental assets, including family support and family communication, and their role in preventing depression symptoms and suicidal outcomes among BGBMA/YA. A cross-sectional survey was administered to participants (N = 400, M age  = 23.46, SD = 2.59) recruited through Amazon M-Turk, community-based organizations, and social media sites. A path analysis was conducted to examine associations among external assets (family support, communication about sex and drugs with parents, open family communication), depression symptoms, and suicidal attempts and plan to die by suicide. About 28 % of respondents reported a suicide attempt in the past 12 months. Depression symptoms and communication about sex and drugs with parents were positively associated with plan to die by suicide. Family support was negatively associated with depression symptoms. Depression symptoms were positively associated with suicide attempts. Family support was indirectly and negatively associated with suicide attempts. Suggestions for future research and policy implications are discussed.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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