美国文化的影响及其与多米尼加共和国青少年自杀行为的关系。
US cultural involvement and its association with suicidal behavior among youths in the Dominican Republic.
机构信息
George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA.
出版信息
Am J Public Health. 2012 Apr;102(4):664-71. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300344. Epub 2011 Dec 15.
OBJECTIVES
We examined how US cultural involvement related to suicide attempts among youths in the Dominican Republic.
METHODS
We analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of youths attending high school in the Dominican Republic (n = 8446). The outcome of interest was a suicide attempt during the past year. The US cultural involvement indicators included time spent living in the United States, number of friends who had lived in the United States, English proficiency, and use of US electronic media and language.
RESULTS
Time lived in the United States, US electronic media and language, and number of friends who had lived in the United States had robust positive relationships with suicide attempts among youths residing in the Dominican Republic.
CONCLUSIONS
Our results are consistent with previous research that found increased risk for suicide or suicide attempts among Latino youths with greater US cultural involvement. Our study adds to this research by finding similar results in a nonimmigrant Latin American sample. Our results also indicate that suicide attempts are a major public health problem among youths in the Dominican Republic.
目的
我们研究了美国文化卷入与多米尼加共和国青少年自杀企图之间的关系。
方法
我们分析了来自多米尼加共和国高中学生的全国代表性样本的数据（n=8446）。感兴趣的结果是过去一年的自杀企图。美国文化卷入的指标包括在美国居住的时间、有在美国居住过的朋友的数量、英语水平以及使用美国电子媒体和语言的情况。
结果
在美国居住的时间、美国电子媒体和语言以及有在美国居住过的朋友的数量与居住在多米尼加共和国的青少年自杀企图之间存在着显著的正相关关系。
结论
我们的研究结果与先前的研究一致，即与美国文化卷入程度较高的拉丁裔青少年相比，自杀或自杀企图的风险增加。我们的研究通过在非移民拉丁美洲样本中发现类似的结果，为这一研究做出了补充。我们的研究结果还表明，自杀企图是多米尼加共和国青少年面临的一个主要公共卫生问题。
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