Acculturation and suicide-related risk in ethnoracially minoritized youth in the US: a scoping review and content analysis of the empirical evidence.

PURPOSE: Among Asian-American/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latinx, and Black youth, the US born have higher risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (attempts and death-by-suicide) than first-generation migrants. Research has focused on the role of acculturation, defined as the sociocultural and psychological adaptations from navigating multiple cultural environments. METHODS: Using content analysis, we conducted a scoping review on acculturation-related experiences and suicide-related risk in Asian-American/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latinx, and Black youth (henceforth described as "ethnoracially minoritized adolescents"), identifying 27 empirical articles in 2005-2022. RESULTS: Findings were mixed: 19 articles found a positive association between acculturation and higher risk for suicide ideation and attempts, namely when assessed as acculturative stress; 3 articles a negative association; and 5 articles no association. Most of the research, however, was cross-sectional, largely focused on Hispanic/Latinx youth, relied on demographic variables or acculturation-related constructs as proxies for acculturation, used single-item assessments for suicide risk, and employed non-random sampling strategies. Although few articles discussed the role of gender, none discussed the intersections of race, sexual orientation, or other social identities on acculturation. CONCLUSION: Without a more developmental approach and systematic application of an intersectional research framework that accounts for racialized experiences, the mechanisms by which acculturation may influence the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior remain unclear, resulting in a dearth of culturally responsive suicide-prevention strategies among migrant and ethnoracially minoritized youth.

The State of AfroLatinxs in Latinx Psychological Research: Findings From a Content Analysis From 2009 to 2020.

This article presents a content analysis of empirical publications (i.e., quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods) regarding the inclusion of AfroLatinxs, and race-related factors in general, in two Latinx-focused psychology journals, Journal of Latinx Psychology and Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Science, between 2009 and 2020. We organized the articles into domains that were grounded in a framework that categorized race as a demographic category, from a cultural deprivation lens, a cultural difference lens, or a raced-based paradigm. In general, the results showed a major gap related to the inclusion of AfroLatinx in research studies, as less than 2% of articles across both journals included AfroLatinxs. Furthermore, we found most studies in this area are limited to sociodemographic self-reported race, the inconsistent use of race and skin color measures and a panethnic label to conceptualize race with Latinx populations. We give future research recommendations to explain the complexity of the Latinx population regarding race, and we provide insight into AfroLatinxs experiences.

Este artículo revisa un análisis de contenido de publicaciones empíricas (es decir, cuantitativas, cualitativas y métodos mixtos) sobre la inclusión de AfroLatinxs, y factores relacionados con la raza en general, en dos revistas de psicología centradas en latinos, Journal of Latinx Psychology y Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Science, entre 2009 y 2020. Organizamos los artículos en ámbitos fundamentados en un marco de referencia que categoriza la raza demográficamente, a través de una visión de privación cultural, basada en paradigmas de raza. En general, los resultados muestran una brecha significativa en lo que se refiere a la inclusión de AfroLatinx en estudios de investigación, ya que menos del 2% de los artículos en ambas revistas incluyeron AfroLatinxs. Además, encontramos que la mayoría de los estudios en esta área están limitados por medidas sociodemográficas de raza auto informadas, mostrando inconsistencia al momento de realizar mediciones basadas en raza y color de piel, y el uso de artículos étnicos para conceptualizar la raza con las poblaciones de Latinx. Recomendamos, para futuras investigaciones explicar la complejidad en la población latina con respecto a la raza, y proporcionamos información sobre las experiencias de AfroLatinxs.