Risk Factors Associated with Completed Suicide in Latino Adolescents.

Queralt, Magaly

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ERIC Number: EJ472282

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Risk Factors Associated with Completed Suicide in Latino Adolescents.

Queralt, Magaly

Adolescence, v28 n112 p831-50 Win 1993

Explored potential psychosocial risk factors associated with completed suicide among Latino adolescents in United States. Sample (n=14) included all Latino adolescents who committed suicide in Miami, Florida, between January 1988 and June 1989. Found that victims had experienced significantly more school, personality, behavioral, and family stressors than had nonsuicidal matched control group. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Death, Hispanic Americans, Psychological Characteristics, Social Influences, Stress Variables, Suicide

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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