The Role of Social Support and Social Context on the Incidence of Attempted Suicide Among Adolescents Living in Extremely Impoverished Communities

Farrell, Chelsea; Bolland, John M.; Cockerham, William C.

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.08.015

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Section: Familial Factorsmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Thus, protection may be gained from the social support and guidance acquired from the community and the relationships that help to promote social integration. The present study identified 12 articles that reported on relational and social factors as possible protective factors for African American adolescent suicidality [2,15,28,34,35,40,41,[46][47][48]50,58]. Dense school social networks, school connectedness/attachment, school climate, transitive relationships, having popular friends, peer connectedness and support, perceived social support, formal network activation, and community connectedness were relational/ social factors identified as protective against African American adolescent suicidality.…”

Section: Relational/social Factorsmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…However, of the five studies that reported on the protective nature of familial factors for low-income, African American adolescents only two identified familial factors as significant protective factors for suicidality [15,16,24,46,47]. Familial factors reported as non-protective against suicidality among urban African American youth were parental involvement, supervision, support, warmth, family alliance [15,16,24]. Of the eight studies that identified familial protective factors for African American youth with various socioeconomic backgrounds, three found non-significant familial protective factors (i.e., parental social capital, monitoring, education, family structure); although, each study also identified alternative significant protective familial factors [28,42,48].…”

Section: Familial Factorsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Thirteen studies reported on familial protective factors for African American adolescents [3,[15][16][17]23,24,26,28,34,[39][40][41][42][46][47][48]50]. Among African American adolescents, parent and/or family cohesiveness, connectedness, closeness, attachment, support, and network availability were identified as protective factors for suicidality.…”

Section: Familial Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Having popular friends was protective against suicide attempt for females [28]. Feeling connected to one's peers was protective for males with a history of suicide attempts whereas feeling supported by one's peers was protective against suicide ideation and attempts for adolescent of varying socioeconomic backgrounds including protection against suicide attempt for low-income, urban youth [34,41,15]. Perceived general social support (e.g., support from family, platonic friends, boyfriends/ girlfriends) was protective against suicidal ideation for adolescents of various socioeconomic backgrounds [35,58].…”

Section: Relational/social Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Suicidality Protective Factors for African American Adolescents: A Systematic Review of the Research Literature

Droege¹

2017

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Overall rates of African American adolescent suicide have been increasing for the past 50 years; however, the research literature examining factors related to suicide for these vulnerable youth is sparse. The shortage of research literature on suicidality protective factors is particularly significant. Little is known about the impact of protective factors on African American youth, especially within subgroups (e.g., gender and socioeconomic status). Approximately 40% of African American youth live in poverty, exposing them to contextual stressors that place them at increased risk for suicidality. Females are significantly more likely to have suicidal ideation and make attempts, whereas males surpass females in their rates of completions. To better understand suicidality protective factors, we conducted a systematic review of the research literature on protective factors for African American adolescents, with a focus on gender differences and urban, low-income youth. This review yielded 26 articles that met inclusion criteria and identified protective factors in the following categories: familial, religiosity-based, relational/social, personal, and socioecological. Gender differences and protective factors for urban, low-income youth are discussed, regarding their role in the prevention of suicidality. This review highlights a need for further research to identify and clarify suicidality protective factors for African American adolescents.

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Section: Familial Factorsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Relational/social Factorsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Familial Factorsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Familial Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Relational/social Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Suicidality Protective Factors for African American Adolescents: A Systematic Review of the Research Literature

Droege¹

2017

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The impact of social disadvantage on autonomic physiology of latinx adolescents: The role of environmental risks

Ugarte

Johnson

Robins

et al. 2022

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The experience of poverty embodies complex, multidimensional stressors that may adversely affect physiological and psychological domains of functioning. Compounded by racial/ethnic discrimination, the financial aspect of family poverty typically coincides with additional social and physical environmental risks such as pollution exposure, housing burden, elevated neighborhood unemployment, and lower neighborhood education levels. In this study, we investigated the associations of multidimensional social disadvantage throughout adolescence with autonomic nervous system (ANS) functioning at 17 years. Two hundred and twenty nine low-income Mexican-American adolescents (48.6% female) and their parents were assessed annually between the ages of 10 and 16. Participants' census tracts were matched with corresponding annual administrative data of neighborhood housing burden, education, unemployment, drinking water quality, and fine particulate matter. We combined measures of adolescents' electrodermal response and respiratory sinuses arrhythmia at rest and during a social exclusion challenge (Cyberball) to use as ANS indices of sympathetic and parasympathetic activity, respectively. Controlling for family income-to-needs, youth exposed to greater cumulative water and air pollution from ages 10-16 displayed altered patterns of autonomic functioning at rest and during the social challenge. Conversely,

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Days with and without self‐injurious thoughts and behaviors: Impact of childhood maltreatment on adolescent online social networking

Grocott

Mair

Galione

et al. 2022

Journal of Adolescence

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Introduction Among adolescents, an increasing rate of interpersonal interactions occurs online. Previous research has shown that interpersonal context exerts a robust impact on suicidal thoughts or behaviors, yet little attention has focused on examining the content of online interactions surrounding self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors. As such, the present study sought to compare online social networking behaviors among adolescents on days with and without experiencing self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors, as influenced by childhood maltreatment history. Method Adolescents aged 13–18 hospitalized for self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors were recruited as part of an ongoing longitudinal study. A subsample (N = 22) of adolescents provided data from their online social networking platforms (i.e., text messages, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter). Using a mixed‐methods approach, online social networking data on days of experiencing self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors and days of not experiencing self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors were compared. Results Results indicate the frequency and content of online social networking messaging do not change by day of self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors or history of childhood maltreatment. However, childhood maltreatment predicts received conflictual messages as well as sent symptomatic messages on days of experiencing self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors. Conclusions Childhood maltreatment may play a role in the content of adolescent online behaviors, particularly on days when they experience self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors. Implications for intervention are discussed.

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The Role of Social Support and Social Context on the Incidence of Attempted Suicide Among Adolescents Living in Extremely Impoverished Communities

Cited by 42 publications

References 32 publications

Suicidality Protective Factors for African American Adolescents: A Systematic Review of the Research Literature

Suicidality Protective Factors for African American Adolescents: A Systematic Review of the Research Literature

The impact of social disadvantage on autonomic physiology of latinx adolescents: The role of environmental risks

Days with and without self‐injurious thoughts and behaviors: Impact of childhood maltreatment on adolescent online social networking

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