Suicidal ideation in ethnic minority and majority adolescents in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Crisis
; 29(4): 202-8, 2008.
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ABSTRACT
We investigated the prevalence and explored the vulnerability to suicidal ideation across several ethnic minority versus ethnic majority adolescents in the city of Utrecht in The Netherlands. Exploratory analyses were conducted on a dataset obtained from the Municipal Health Services in Utrecht. We examined whether ethnic minority adolescents are at risk for suicidal ideation because of a family background of migration, social-economic position and certain family factors, which influence psychological constellations. We found that levels of suicidal ideation among adolescents of Turkish background were significantly higher than in both majority and other minority adolescents, The Turkish adolescents at risk for suicidal ideation reported that they do not enjoy being at home with their families. Psychological factors, in particular lack of self-pride and the idea of not becoming successful in life, appeared to be important, as well as feelings of loneliness. Suicidal ideation was not found equally across all ethnic minority groups. A history of migration, ethnic minority status, or low socioeconomic status were not sufficient to explain the variation across ethnicities. Our results suggest that specific social-cultural factors, contextualized in the individual and located in the family environment, are relevant in explaining the disproportionate rates for Turkish adolescents in Utrecht.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Suicidio
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Intento de Suicidio
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Población Urbana
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Etnicidad
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Emigrantes e Inmigrantes
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
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Asia
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Crisis
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Países Bajos
Pais de publicación:
CA
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CANADA
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CANADÁ