Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women, Children and Youth, College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Nurs Inq. 2022 Jul;29(3):e12476. doi: 10.1111/nin.12476. Epub 2021 Nov 18.
Suicide is a public health crisis disproportionately affecting transgender adolescents and young adults. There are gaps in research evaluating this phenomenon using a multilevel, life-course approach. The following paper will provide an overview of the current models of suicide, critique their applicability to understanding suicide among transgender youth, and discuss how using a bioecological systems approach will help to advance our understanding of suicide among transgender youth. Transgender adolescents and young adults often face unique combinations of interpersonal and intrapersonal challenges that require managing a stark misalignment of social characters, expectations, and roles. These factors are imposed by the complex interactions and influences of the bioecological systems in which transgender adolescents and young adults are situated. Future research is needed to elucidate the characteristics of bioecological adversity faced by this vulnerable population. Identification of these relationships are likely to highlight effective targets for multilevel interventions aimed at preventing suicide.
自杀是一个公共卫生危机， disproportionately 影响跨性别青少年和年轻人。使用多层次、生命历程的方法评估这一现象的研究存在差距。以下论文将提供当前自杀模型的概述，批评它们在理解跨性别青年自杀方面的适用性，并讨论如何使用生物生态系统方法来帮助我们理解跨性别青年的自杀。跨性别青少年和年轻人经常面临独特的人际和内在挑战的组合，需要管理社会角色、期望和角色的明显不匹配。这些因素是由跨性别青少年所处的生物生态系统的复杂相互作用和影响造成的。需要进一步的研究来阐明这一脆弱群体所面临的生物生态逆境的特征。这些关系的识别可能会突出针对预防自杀的多层次干预措施的有效目标。
