Citation

Hill DL. Arch. Psychiatr. Nurs. 2009; 23(1): 65-74.

Affiliation

School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.apnu.2008.03.003

PMID

19216990

Abstract

The incidence of suicide in American Indians is highest of all ethnic populations. M. Naegle and C. D'Avanzo (2001) assert that suicide is often correlated with primary depression and substance dependence. Prevalence rate for suicide within the American Indian population was 1.5 times the national rate in 2001. The sociohistorical impact of sense of belonging to suicide within this population has not been explored in previous research (C. Strickland, E. Walsh, & M. Cooper, 2006). The findings support that sense of belonging has a negative association with suicidal ideation (r = -.203, P

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