@article {Pettingell:2008:1087-3244:465,
title = "Protecting Urban American Indian Young People From Suicide",
journal = "American Journal of Health Behavior",
parent_itemid = "infobike://png/ajhb",
publishercode ="png",
year = "2008",
volume = "32",
number = "5",
publication date ="2008-09-01T00:00:00",
pages = "465-476",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1087-3244",
eissn = "1945-7359",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/png/ajhb/2008/00000032/00000005/art00002",
doi = "doi:10.5993/AJHB.32.5.2",
keyword = "young people, suicide, urban, American Indian",
author = "Pettingell, Sandra L. and Bearinger, Linda H. and Skay, Carol L. and Resnick, Michael D. and Potthoff, Sandra J. and Eichhorn, John",
abstract = "
Objective
: To examine the likelihood of a past suicide attempt for urban American Indian boys and girls, given salient risk and protective factors.
Methods
: Survey data from 569 urban American Indian, ages 9-15, in-school youths. Logistic regression determined
probabilities of past suicide attempts.
Results
: For girls, suicidal histories were associated with substance use (risk) and positive mood (protective); probabilities ranged from 6.0% to 57.0%. For boys, probabilities for models with violence perpetration (risk), parent prosocial
behavior norms (protective), and positive mood (protective) ranged from 1.0% to 38.0%.
Conclusions
: Highlights the value of assessing both risk and protective factors for suicidal vulnerability and prioritizing prevention strategies.",
}