Associations between LGBTQ+-supportive school and community resources and suicide attempts among adolescents in Massachusetts.

ABSTRACT: Supportive school and community resources are associated with reduced risk of suicidality among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ +) adolescents as well as their cisgender, heterosexual peers. This study examined whether adolescents attending schools and living in communities with more versus fewer LGBTQ +-supportive resources were at lower risk of a past-year suicide attempt. Data on sexual orientation and past-year suicide attempt were obtained from student surveys administered in 30 Massachusetts public high schools between 2014 and 2017 (N = 20,790). Data on school resources were obtained from a questionnaire administered to school officials, and community resources were assessed through internet searching. Modified Poisson generalized estimating

SUBMITTER: Eisenberg ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9972362 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature