Sexual Minority Status and Age of Onset of Adolescent Suicide Ideation and Behavior.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine if sexual minority adolescents have earlier onset of suicidality and faster progressions from ideation to plan and attempt than heterosexual adolescents.

Methods

A population-based longitudinal cohort of 1771 adolescents participated in the NEXT Generation Health Study. Participants reported sexual minority status (defined by sexual attraction) in 2010-2011 and retrospectively reported age at onset of suicidality in 2015-2016.

Results

Sexual minority adolescents (5.8% of weighted sample) had higher lifetime risk of suicide ideation (26.1% vs 13.0%), plan (16.6% vs 5.4%), and attempt (12.0% vs 5.4%) than heterosexual adolescents. Survival analyses adjusted for demographic characteristics and depressive symptoms revealed positive associations of

SUBMITTER: Luk JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9446478 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature