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Article

Individual and Contextual Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors among Black Adolescents with Arrest Histories

by
Camille R. Quinn
1,*,
Erinn B. Duprey
2,
Donte T. Boyd
1,
Raven Lynch
1,
Micah Mitchell
1,
Andrew Ross
2,
Elizabeth D. Handley
2 and
Catherine Cerulli
3
1
College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
2
Mt. Hope Family Center, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
3
Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center & Susan B. Anthony Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Children 2022, 9(4), 522; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040522
Submission received: 1 March 2022 / Revised: 23 March 2022 / Accepted: 30 March 2022 / Published: 6 April 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Family Risk and Protective Factors and Child Development)
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Abstract

Black adolescents in the United States have experienced an increase in suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs). Since Black adolescents are overrepresented in the youth punishment system, more research is needed to investigate correlates of STBs for this population. The purpose of this paper is to explore and establish correlates of individual, family, and community risk and protective factors and their relationship to lifetime STBs in a national sample of Black youth with arrest histories. Guided by an intersectional eco-behavioral lens, we investigated individual, family and contextual risk and protective factors for STBs among a national sample of justice-involved Black youth aged 12–17 with a history of arrest (n = 513). We used logistic regression models to test risk and protective factors for STBs. Among the sample, 9.78% endorsed suicidal ideation, and 7.17% endorsed a previous suicide attempt. Further, gender (female) and depression severity were risk factors for STBs, while positive parenting and religiosity were protective factors for STBs. School engagement was associated with lower levels of suicidal ideation. The findings suggest suicide prevention and intervention efforts should identify developmentally salient risk and protective factors to reduce mental health burden associated with STBs and concurrent alleged law-breaking activity of Black youth.
Keywords: Black youth; suicide; positive parenting; arrests Black youth; suicide; positive parenting; arrests

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Quinn, C.R.; Duprey, E.B.; Boyd, D.T.; Lynch, R.; Mitchell, M.; Ross, A.; Handley, E.D.; Cerulli, C. Individual and Contextual Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors among Black Adolescents with Arrest Histories. Children 2022, 9, 522. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040522

AMA Style

Quinn CR, Duprey EB, Boyd DT, Lynch R, Mitchell M, Ross A, Handley ED, Cerulli C. Individual and Contextual Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors among Black Adolescents with Arrest Histories. Children. 2022; 9(4):522. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040522

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Quinn, Camille R., Erinn B. Duprey, Donte T. Boyd, Raven Lynch, Micah Mitchell, Andrew Ross, Elizabeth D. Handley, and Catherine Cerulli. 2022. "Individual and Contextual Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors among Black Adolescents with Arrest Histories" Children 9, no. 4: 522. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040522

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Quinn, C. R., Duprey, E. B., Boyd, D. T., Lynch, R., Mitchell, M., Ross, A., Handley, E. D., & Cerulli, C. (2022). Individual and Contextual Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors among Black Adolescents with Arrest Histories. Children, 9(4), 522. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040522

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