Although suicide rates are stable or decreasing among White communities, rates are increasing among Black communities, a trend that appears to be disproportionately affecting Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) people. To understand the structural drivers and mechanisms of these trends, we examined associations between U.S. state-level racist and heterosexist criminal legal policies and policing, discrimination, and suicidality among White and Black, heterosexual and LGBQ, communities. We recruited 5,064 participants in 2021 using online census-driven quota sampling. Structural equation modeling estimated associations from objective indicators of racist and heterosexist criminal legal policies to self-reported police stops, discrimination, and suicidal ideation and behavior. For White heterosexual participants, racist (β = -.22, SE = 0.03, p < .001) and heterosexist (β = -.26, SE = 0.03, p < .001) policies were negatively associated with police stops. For White LGBQ participants, racist and heterosexist policies were not significantly associated with police stops. For Black heterosexual participants, racist (β = .30, SE = 0.11, p = .005), but not heterosexist, policies were positively associated with police stops. For Black LGBQ participants, racist (β = .57, SE = 0.08, p < .001) and heterosexist (β = .65, SE = 0.09, p < .001) policies were positively associated with police stops which, in turn, were positively associated with discrimination and suicidal ideation and behavior. Results provide evidence that racist and heterosexist state policies are linked to policing and interpersonal drivers of suicide inequities and suggest that repealing/preventing oppressive policies should be a suicide prevention imperative. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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系统性白人至上：美国国家政策、治安、歧视和跨种族和性别认同的自杀行为。


尽管白人社区的自杀率保持稳定或下降，但黑人社区的自杀率却在上升，这一趋势似乎对黑人女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和酷儿 (LGBQ) 群体产生了不成比例的影响。为了了解这些趋势的结构性驱动因素和机制，我们研究了美国州级种族主义和异性恋刑事法律政策与白人和黑人、异性恋和 LGBQ 社区中的警务、歧视和自杀之间的关联。 2021 年，我们利用在线人口普查驱动的配额抽样招募了 5,064 名参与者。结构方程模型估计了从种族主义和异性恋刑事法律政策的客观指标到自我报告的警察拦截、歧视以及自杀意念和行为之间的关联。对于白人异性恋参与者来说，种族主义（β = -.22，SE = 0.03，p < .001）和异性恋（β = -.26，SE = 0.03，p < .001）政策与警察拦截呈负相关。对于白人 LGBQ 参与者来说，种族主义和异性恋政策与警察拦截没有显着相关性。对于黑人异性恋参与者、种族主义者（β = .30，SE = 0.11，p = .005），但不是异性恋者，政策与警察拦截呈正相关。对于黑人 LGBQ 参与者，种族主义（β = .57，SE = 0.08，p < .001）和异性恋主义（β = .65，SE = 0.09，p < .001）政策与警察拦截呈正相关，在反过来，与歧视和自杀意念和行为呈正相关。研究结果提供证据表明，种族主义和异性恋主义国家政策与自杀不平等的治安和人际驱动因素有关，并表明废除/防止压迫性政策应该成为预防自杀的当务之急。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。