ABSTRACT

Objective

The current study utilized latent profile analysis to identify distinct profiles of suicidal ideation among Black male adolescents and compared profiles on socioecological determinants of suicide and psychological symptoms.

Method

A sample of 457 Black male adolescents (mean age = 15.31, SD = 1.26) completed self-report measures of suicidal ideation, racial discrimination, community violence exposure, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, and posttraumatic stress symptoms.

Results

Results of the latent profile analysis revealed a three-profile model: a low ideation profile, with low levels of all forms of suicidal ideation; a general death ideation profile with elevated general thoughts of death and dying; and a high, concealed ideation profile with high levels on all suicidal ideation items, except communicating the ideation to others. ANOVAs revealed that levels of psychological symptoms were significantly different for each profile, with the high, concealed ideation profile showing the highest levels. The low ideation profile had significantly lower scores than the two other profiles on community violence exposure, but the other two profiles did not differ significantly from one another. Further, the general death ideation profile had significantly higher scores on racial discrimination than the other two profiles, but the other two profiles did not differ significantly from one another.

Conclusions

The current study supports recent socio-cultural theories of suicidal ideation and behavior in Black youth and highlights the need for increased access to care and services for Black boys who are exposed to socioecological factors that heighten suicidal ideation.

中文翻译：

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黑人男性青少年的自杀意念概况：个人和社会生态预测因素的检查

摘要

客观的

目前的研究利用潜在特征分析来识别黑人男性青少年自杀意念的不同特征，并比较自杀的社会生态决定因素和心理症状。

方法

457 名黑人男性青少年（平均年龄 = 15.31，SD = 1.26）样本完成了自杀意念、种族歧视、社区暴力暴露、焦虑症状、抑郁症状和创伤后应激症状的自我报告测量。

结果

潜在概况分析的结果揭示了一个三概况模型：低意念概况，各种形式的自杀意念水平较低；总体死亡观念概况，包括对死亡和垂死的总体思考；除了向他人传达自杀意念外，所有自杀意念项目均具有高水平、隐蔽的意念概况。方差分析显示，每个档案的心理症状水平显着不同，高、隐藏的意念档案显示出最高水平。低观念概况在社区暴力暴露方面的得分明显低于其他两种概况，但其他两种概况之间没有显着差异。此外，一般死亡意念概况在种族歧视方面的得分明显高于其他两个概况，

结论

目前的研究支持最近关于黑人青年自杀意念和行为的社会文化理论，并强调需要增加暴露于加剧自杀意念的社会生态因素的黑人男孩获得护理和服务的机会。