Multicultural perspectives on suicide

Range, Lillian M.; Leach, Mark M.; McIntyre, D; Posey-Deters, Pamela B; Marion, Michelle S.; Kovac, S. Robert; Baños, James H.; Vigil, Joseph

doi:10.1016/s1359-1789(98)00022-6

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“…Christian and Islamic teachings view suicide as morally objectionable. From the perspective of traditional Asian religions such as Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism, suicide is regarded as selfish and inappropriately passionate (Range et al, 1999). Hence, we surmised that having a religious affiliation would be related to reduced risk for suicidal ideation among Asian American college students.…”

Section: Goals Of the Present Studymentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Van Orden, Merill, & Joiner (2005) reviewed several studies demonstrating that indicators of unmet interpersonal needs were related to suicide outcomes; for instance, living alone and being married have been shown to be suicide risk and protective factors respectively. Wong and Poon (2010) posited that theory is particularly applicable to Asian Americans because its focus on thwarted interpersonal needs dovetails with several scholars' observation that suicide is viewed as a response to interpersonal stressors in Asian cultures (Range et al, 1999). Congruent with this view, Wong, Uhm, and Li (in press) found that family cohesion, an indicator of belongingness, was negatively associated with suicidal ideation in a national community sample of Asian American adults.…”

Section: Interpersonal Theory Of Suicidementioning

confidence: 99%

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Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Asian American Students' Suicidal Ideation: A Multicampus, National Study

Wong¹,

Brownson²,

Schwing³

2011

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Risk and protective factors associated with suicidal ideation among 1,377 Asian American college students across 66 U.S. campuses were examined. The results indicated a variety of factors were associated with morbid thoughts: medication for mental health concerns, gender, GPA, undergraduate status, religious affiliation, living with a family member, living with a partner, and active participation in student organizations. Furthermore, some of these factors were related to serious consideration of suicide: medication for mental health concerns, undergraduate status, living with family, and active participation in student organizations. Among Asian Americans who seriously considered suicide in the past 12 months, recent family, academic, and financial problems were the top three most frequent significant events occurring before the development of suicidal ideation.

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Section: Goals Of the Present Studymentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Interpersonal Theory Of Suicidementioning

confidence: 99%

Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Asian American Students' Suicidal Ideation: A Multicampus, National Study

Wong¹,

Brownson²,

Schwing³

2011

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“…A number of studies have reported a higher prevalence of SI and SA in females than in males in indigenous adolescent samples, although significance tests were not always conducted and gender was not usually significant in more stringent models (Borowsky et al, 1999;Chino & Fullerton-Gleason, 2006;Grossman et al, 1991;Howard-Pitney, LaFromboise, Basil, September, & Johnson, 1992;LaFromboise et al, 2007;Yuen et al, 2000). The male to female ratio for suicide completion in indigenous samples of varied age ranges, however, shows higher rates in males (Boothroyd, Kirmayer, Spreng, Malus, & Hodgins, 2001;Range et al, 1999).…”

Section: Individual Factors Sociodemographic Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Correlates of Suicidality: Investigation of a Representative Sample of Manitoba First Nations Adolescents

Mota

Elias²,

Tefft³

et al. 2012

Am J Public Health

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The present study examined community/tribe, peer/family, and individual correlates of suicidal behaviour in a representative on-reserve sample of First Nations Bivariate logistic regression analyses were used to examine the relationships between a range of factors and lifetime suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and any suicidality. A multivariate logistic regression analysis identified those correlates most strongly related to any suicidality. Findings showed that several correlates were found to be associated with an increased likelihood of suicidal behaviour, including being female, depressed mood, abuse/fear of abuse, a hospital stay, and substance use. Results of this study will likely be of importance in informing First Nations and government policy related to the implementation of suicide prevention strategies in Manitoban First Nations communities.Correlates of Suicidality iii Acknowledgements

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“…Similarly, in Spanish-speaking countries individuals have a high regard for Catholicism and accordingly perceive suicide as an unacceptable act regardless of the circumstances. In addition, they believe that divine forces rather than personal control regulate the world; therefore, the person must accept life's circumstances and not fight against them (Range et al, 1999).…”

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confidence: 99%

Adolescent suicide: An ecological approach

Ayyash-Abdo

2002

Psychology in the Schools

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Adolescent suicide, which has been ranked among the top 10 causes of death in the world, is an issue of increasing concern to school psychologists, educators, and parents. Here an ecological approach is proposed to enhance our understanding of how personal, interpersonal, and sociocultural factors contribute to the increased risk for suicide among adolescents. The ecological approach allows exploration of how adolescent suicide is determined by multiple factors related to the adolescent's personal history or ontogenic development (e.g., depression), the influences of those individuals with whom adolescents have immediate contact with, or the microsystems (e.g., family and school), the larger social units, or the exosystems, that indirectly influence adolescents (e.g., media), and the larger culture or macrosystems (e.g., cultural differences in attitudes about suicide). In this article the interaction of several factors within and between the permeable boundaries of each of the layers of the ecological paradigm is also highlighted. Finally, examples of intervention and prevention strategies at each level of the system are set forth.

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Multicultural perspectives on suicide

Cited by 75 publications

References 45 publications

Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Asian American Students' Suicidal Ideation: A Multicampus, National Study

Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Asian American Students' Suicidal Ideation: A Multicampus, National Study

Correlates of Suicidality: Investigation of a Representative Sample of Manitoba First Nations Adolescents

Adolescent suicide: An ecological approach

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