TY - JOUR
T1 - Latent class analysis of substance use and aggressive behavior in reservation-based American Indian Youth who attempted suicide
AU - Ballard, Elizabeth D.
AU - Musci, Rashelle J.
AU - Tingey, Lauren
AU - Goklish, Novalene
AU - Larzelere-Hinton, Francene
AU - Barlow, Allison
AU - Cwik, Mary
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - American Indian (AI) adolescents who attempt suicide are heterogeneous. A latent class analysis was used to identify subgroups of reservation-based AI adolescents with recent suicide attempts. Indicators of class membership were substance abuse and aggressive behaviors; clinical correlates of subgroup membership included risky sexual behavior and recent exposure to suicidal behavior. Three subgroups were identified, representing low, medium, and high substance use and aggressive behavior. Suicide exposure was associated with membership in the lowest risk behavior subgroup; risky sexual behavior was associated with membership the highest risk behavior subgroup. Findings suggest a continuum of risk behaviors in reservation-based AI youth who attempt suicide.
AB - American Indian (AI) adolescents who attempt suicide are heterogeneous. A latent class analysis was used to identify subgroups of reservation-based AI adolescents with recent suicide attempts. Indicators of class membership were substance abuse and aggressive behaviors; clinical correlates of subgroup membership included risky sexual behavior and recent exposure to suicidal behavior. Three subgroups were identified, representing low, medium, and high substance use and aggressive behavior. Suicide exposure was associated with membership in the lowest risk behavior subgroup; risky sexual behavior was associated with membership the highest risk behavior subgroup. Findings suggest a continuum of risk behaviors in reservation-based AI youth who attempt suicide.
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U2 - 10.5820/aian.2201.2015.77
DO - 10.5820/aian.2201.2015.77
M3 - Article
C2 - 25768391
AN - SCOPUS:84925295247
SN - 0893-5394
VL - 22
SP - 77
EP - 94
JO - American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
JF - American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
IS - 1
ER -