Predicting the Suicide Attempts of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth

Autor/inn/en	D'Augelli, Anthony R.; Grossman, Arnold H.; Salter, Nicholas P.; Vasey, Joseph J.; Starks, Michael T.; Sinclair, Katerina O.
Titel	Predicting the Suicide Attempts of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth
Quelle	In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 35 (2006) 6, S.646-660 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-0234
DOI	10.1521/suli.2005.35.6.646
Schlagwörter	Predictor Variables; Suicide; Homosexuality; Sexual Identity; Youth; Comparative Analysis; Sexual Orientation; Antisocial Behavior; Parent Child Relationship; Verbal Communication; Parent Attitudes; Psychological Patterns; Gender Differences; Child Abuse + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prädiktor; Selbstmord; Homosexualität; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Sexuelle Orientierung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Elternverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	In this study predictors of serious suicide attempts among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth were examined. Three groups were compared: youth who reported no attempts, youth who reported attempts unrelated to their sexual orientation, and youth whose attempts were considered related to their sexual orientation. About one third of respondents reported at least one suicide attempt; however, only half of the attempts were judged serious based on potential lethality. About half of all attempts were related to youths' sexual orientation. Factors that differentiated youth reporting suicide attempts and those not reporting attempts were greater childhood parental psychological abuse and more childhood gender-atypical behavior. Gay-related suicide attempts were associated with identifiability as LGB, especially by parents. Early openness about sexual orientation, being considered gender atypical in childhood by parents, and parental efforts to discourage gender atypical behavior were associated with gay-related suicide attempts, especially for males. Assessment of past parental psychological abuse, parental reactions to childhood gender atypical behavior, youths' openness about sexual orientation with family members, and lifetime gay-related verbal abuse can assist in the prediction of suicide attempts in this population. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10