直接和间接的种族主义以及学校环境中的联系对青少年自杀倾向有何影响?
Adam Benzekri1, Lauren Mims1, Stephen T Russell2
1Department of Applied Psychology, New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York, New York, USA.
概括
种族 - 种族受害和学校连接的低水平增加了青年自杀风险. 学校中的代言种族主义和欺凌也增加了自杀念头和痛苦,突出了对支持性的学校环境的需求.
科学领域:
- 青少年心理健康 青少年心理健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 教育社会学教育的社会学
背景情况:
- 与自杀相关的死亡人数不成比例地影响了种族少数群体的年轻人,并且在白人年轻人中仍然很高.
- 学校是青少年发展和心理健康的关键环境.
- 了解种族主义和学校联系对青少年心理健康的影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查直接和间接的基于种族和种族的受害和学校与青少年自杀念头和心理痛苦的联系.
- 调查学校层面因素在青少年心理健康结果中的作用.
主要方法:
- 采用2017-2019年加州健康儿童调查 (N=400,369名高中生) 的数据进行的横截面研究.
- 数据与学校的行政记录相匹配.
- 用于评估关联的多层物流回归分析.
主要成果:
- 对种族主义的直接经历与增加自杀念头和心理痛苦的几率有关.
- 更高的个人级别学校连接与这些不良结果的几率降低有关.
- 代用种族主义 (学校级欺凌/骚扰) 和较低的代用联系与增加自杀念头和心理痛苦的几率有关,特别是在个人联系较低的学生中.
结论:
- 学校内的直接和间接种族主义都会导致青少年的自杀念头和心理痛苦.
- 在个人和学校层面上,学校的联系在减轻这些风险方面发挥着重要作用.
- 针对种族主义和促进学校联系的干预措施对于支持不同学生群体中青少年心理健康至关重要.
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