Association Between Discrimination Stress and Suicidality in Preadolescent Children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Youth suicide rates in the United States have been increasing in recent years, especially in Black Americans, the reasons for which are unclear. Environmental adversity is key in youth suicidality; hence there is a need to study stressors that have a disproportionate impact on Black youths. We aimed to disentangle the unique contribution of racial/ethnic discrimination from other adversities associated with childhood suicidal ideation and attempts (suicidality).

Method

We analyzed data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, which included a large, diverse sample of US children (N = 11,235, mean age 10.9 years, 20.2% Black), assessed for multiple environmental adversities including discrimination. Multivariate regression models tested the asso

SUBMITTER: Argabright ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8917360 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature