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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Suicidality Among Adolescent Alberta Indians
Contributor:
Gartrell, John W.;
Jarvis, George K.;
Derksen, Linda
imprint:
Wiley, 1993
Published in:Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1111/j.1943-278x.1993.tb00206.x
ISSN:
0363-0234;
1943-278X
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p>A high rate of suicide attempts and suicide ideation characterized a sample of 229 grade 7 to 9 adolescents resident on seven reserves in central Alberta. The prevalence of suicidality for these adolescent Indians was very similar to rates reported for Navajo youth and for 8th‐ and 10th‐grade American non‐Indian students. Comparison of Indian and non‐Indian suicidality risk factors showed somewhat elevated levels of family disruption and psychological problems among Indian adolescents. Compared to Canadian nonadolescents, substance abuse levels were high, and conditions necessary to modeling were virtually omnipresent. Suicide ideation was significantly elevated for Indian adolescents with low psychological well‐being, no father in the home, and a prior suicide in the household. Controlling for age, risk factors for suicide attempts were heavy alcohol use, no father in the home, sleeping problems, and low psychological well‐being. The high rates of adolescent Native suicide imply that a much higher proportion of their suicide attempts succeed. Targeted, community‐based counselling and educational programs are needed to address these problems.</jats:p>