Interactional analysis of suicidal behavior.

Braucht, G. Nicholas

doi:10.1037/0022-006x.47.4.653

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“…A person-environment fit perspective offers a framework for operationalizing the combined roles of individuals and their neighborhoods in individuals’ adjustment. The greater the match or fit of the characteristics of contexts and of individuals, the more likely that the individual will have favorable adjustment (e,g, Braucht, 1979; Caplan, 1987; Lerner, 1983, 1985). Similarly, the greater the mismatch or misfit, the greater the likelihood that poor adjustment will result.…”

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“…Although few have applied a person-environment fit framework to neighborhood studies, those studies have enhanced our understanding of suicidal behavior (Braucht 1979), child-peer relationships (Kupersmidt, et al, 1995), and child emotional adjustment (Georgiades et al, 2007; Gordon, at al., 2003). Braucht (1979) demonstrated that neighborhood type, individual characteristics, and the degree of fit/misfit on multiple dimensions were associated with suicidal behaviors.…”

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“…Braucht (1979) demonstrated that neighborhood type, individual characteristics, and the degree of fit/misfit on multiple dimensions were associated with suicidal behaviors. Kupersmidt et al (1995) found that family type by neighborhood interactions helped explain childhood aggression, peer rejection, and peer popularity.…”

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Family and Neighborhood Fit or Misfit and the Adaptation of Mexican Americans

Roosa

Weaver

White

et al. 2009

American J of Comm Psychol

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In this study, a person-environment fit model was used to understand the independent and combined roles of family and neighborhood characteristics on the adjustment of adults and children in a sample of 750 Mexican American families. Latent class analysis was used to identify six qualitatively distinct family types and three quantitatively distinct neighborhood types using socioeconomic and cultural indicators at each level. The results showed that members of single-parent Mexican American families may be particularly at-risk, members of the lowest-income immigrant families reported fewer adaptation problems if they lived in low-income neighborhoods dominated by immigrants, members of economically successful immigrant families may be more at-risk in integrated middle class neighborhoods than in low-income neighborhoods dominated by immigrants, and members of two-parent immigrant families appear to be rather resilient in most settings despite their low socioeconomic status. Keywordsfamily; goodness of fit; mental health; Mexican American; neighborhood Numerous studies have shown that neighborhood characteristics are related to adult and child physical, social, and psychological problems (e.g., Duprere & Perkins, 2007; Kupersmidt, Giesler, DeRosier, Patterson, & Davis, 1995;Roosa et al., 2005). Most studies have characterized neighborhoods as sources of stress with which residents contend. Despite the Address all inquiries to: Mark W. Roosa, School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe,.edu. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the journal. It is not the copy of record. NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptAm J Community Psychol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 September 1. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript utility of stress process models for understanding variations in adjustment due to neighborhood characteristics, these usually are applied mechanistically such that neighborhood characteristics influence individuals who are characterized as relatively passive participants in the process (Roosa, Jones, Tein, & Cree, 2003). In contrast, human development and adaptation clearly unfold because of the constant interaction between individuals and the contexts in which they are embedded (Bronfenbrenner & Ceci, 1994;Lerner, 1983;1985;Rutter et al., 1997). Thus, adaptation depends upon characteristics of the context, characteristics of the individual, and relationships between characteristics of the context and those of the individual. Missing from most studies of the relations between neighborhood characteristics and individual wellbeing is the simultaneous consideration of the characteristics of individuals and their neighborhoods.Neighborhoods are rich, multidimensional ecological niches, that provide potential resources and supports as well as risks and stressors. Furthermore, what may be a resource for some may be a stressor for others (Kupersmidt et al., 1995). Thus, a neighborhood can be well matched...

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Family and Neighborhood Fit or Misfit and the Adaptation of Mexican Americans

Roosa

Weaver

White

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American J of Comm Psychol

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“…Low acceptance of suicide may reduce its risk among African-Americans6 but the strain of being a minority may, in contrast, increase it 7. Thus, risk of outcomes such as suicidal behaviour in ethnic minority individuals may depend on the degree to which, locally, they are a minority or not.…”

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Ethnic density and deliberate self harm; a small area study in south east London

Neeleman

Wilson-Jones²,

Wessely³

2001

Journal of Epidemiology &Amp; Community Health

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Study objective-Relative risks are frequently used to convey how strongly outcomes like mental illness and suicidal behaviour are associated with personal characteristics like ethnic background. This study examined whether RRs for deliberate self harm (DSH) in ethnic groups vary between small areas according to their ethnic mix. Design-Small area study of DSH rates in ethnic groups, by local ethnic density, using negative binomial regression. Setting-73 south London electoral wards, 1994-1997. Subjects-1643 people attending casualty after DSH.Main results-African-Caribbean and Asian DSH rates, relative to the white population, varied between wards. A linear model indicated a decline by factors (relative rate ratios) 0.76 (95% confidence intervals (CI) 0.64 to 0.90) and 0.59 (95% CI 0.36 to 0.97) respectively per SD increase in the local size of these minority populations. However, for both groups, an inverted U shaped curve provided a better fit for the link between the relative DSH rate in these groups and their local population density. Conclusions-The DSH rate of minority groups relative to the white group is low (suggesting protection) in some areas, and high (suggesting risk) elsewhere. This has implications for management of suicidal behaviour in ethnic groups but also for interpretation, and policy implementation, of research on risk for suicidal behaviour, and, probably, many other outcomes. Relative risks or rates are not stable indicators of association in psychiatric epidemiology. (J Epidemiol Community Health 2001;55:85-90) Much research in psychiatric epidemiology and suicidology looks for variables that indicate risk.1 Thus, lists of relative risks (RRs) are frequently published for use by clinicians, policy makers and researchers.2 3 One factor of interest is ethnicity. Compared with white groups, rates of suicidal behaviour are reportedly high among UK Indian women 4 and low among African-Caribbean people in the UK 4 and the US.

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“…Those with a history of DSH at their index episode were significantly more likely to have repeated by 12‐month follow‐up (four times as many repeaters engaged in a further DSH episode) and this association was independent of all the other variables, including optional thinking, levels of hopelessness, and suicide intent. A previous DSH episode is the most important risk factor for repeated deliberate self‐harm and has been well documented (Buglass & Horton, 1974; Kerkhof & Arensman, 2004; Owens, Dennis, Read, & Davis, 1994). In addition, significantly larger proportions of those in the older age groups, of those with a lower level of education, and of those with higher levels of suicide intent repeated during follow‐up; however, these associations were not independent of the effects of the other variables.…”

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