Citation

Peña JB, Kuerbis A, Lee R, Herman D. Centro J. 2018; 30(1): 82-105.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Red de Revistas Cientificas América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal; Hunter College)

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Abstract

Our sample included New York City public high school students of Dominican, Mexican, and Puerto Rican descent as well as a White non-Hispanic reference population (N=3,951). We used latent class analysis and identified two subtypes of students that have a high likelihood for suicide attempts based upon their depressed mood and problem behaviors (e.g., substance use and violence): depressed-internalizing youth and high-problem-behavior youth. We found no differences between the Dominican, Mexican, and Puerto Rican students for these at-risk subtypes. However, Dominican, Mexican, and Puerto Rican students were disproportionately more likely to belong to these two subtypes than their White counterparts. © 2018, Hunter College Center for Puerto Rican Studies. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Adolescent; Violence; New York City; Drug use; Suicide attempted; Hispanic Americans