Zayas Luis H, Lester Rebecca J, Cabassa Leopoldo J, Fortuna Lisa R
George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2005 Apr;75(2):275-87. doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.75.2.275.
Rates of suicide attempts among adolescent Latinas have been reported to be higher than for their non-Hispanic counterparts. Yet researchers know very little about the attempts, their antecedents, and why the girls attempt suicide. Latina girls have been included in research on suicidal adolescents and typically show higher rates of attempts relative to similar psychopathology when compared with other young women. A few small studies have focused on Latinas, but none have explored why suicide attempt rates are higher. The authors constructed a conceptual model to provide a formulation of this phenomenon on the basis of a review of the literature on suicide attempts among Latinas and their clinical experience. This model can serve as a framework to guide research on the unique sociocultural processes present in Latina adolescent suicide attempts and may also benefit the work of clinicians.
据报道，拉丁裔青少年女性的自杀未遂率高于非西班牙裔同龄人。然而，研究人员对这些自杀未遂行为、其先兆以及这些女孩自杀未遂的原因知之甚少。拉丁裔女孩已被纳入青少年自杀研究，与其他年轻女性相比，她们在存在类似精神病理学问题时通常表现出更高的自杀未遂率。一些小型研究关注了拉丁裔群体，但没有一项研究探讨过自杀未遂率较高的原因。作者构建了一个概念模型，在对拉丁裔自杀未遂的文献综述及临床经验的基础上，对这一现象进行了阐述。该模型可作为一个框架，用以指导对拉丁裔青少年自杀未遂中独特社会文化过程的研究，也可能有益于临床医生的工作。
