Citation

Manalastas EJ. Asian Women 2016; 32(3): 101-120.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Research Center for Asian Women, Sookmyung Women's University)

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Abstract

Using archival data from a national survey of N=8,891 young Filipina women ages 15 to 24, this paper aimed to examine links between sexual-minority status and thinking about and attempting suicide. Similar to previous results from young Filipino men and to findings in the global LGBT mental health literature, sexual-minority status was associated with both suicide ideation and suicide attempt across measures of same-sex attraction and same-sex romantic relationships. Sexual-minority Filipina youth had higher odds of having thought about suicide and having attempted suicide, compared to heterosexual peers. Following a minority stress framework, this paper explored a number of correlates of suicide ideation and attempt, including normative risk factors such as depression, recent suicide attempt of a friend, and experiences of threat and victimization.

Language: en

Keywords

Suicide attempt; Suicide ideation; Bisexual; Lesbian; Sexual orientation