Jalika C. Street|Farah Taha|A. D. Jones|Kamilah A. Jones|Erika Carr|Amanda M. Woods|Staci Woodall|Nadine J. Kaslow
Racial identity and reasons for living in African American female suicide attempters.
Georgia State University
current study investigated association racial identity reasons living african american women attempted suicide particular attention paid relation two elements racial identity private regard racial centrality reasons living alternative assessment suicidal risk private regard refers individuals beliefs african american race racial centrality describes importance individual places racial identity sample included 82 lowincome african american women ages 1864 reported suicide attempt past 12 months participants recruited large urban public hospital located southeast completed reasons living inventory multidimensional inventory black identity included private regard racial centrality subscales results indicated predicted higher private regard associated reasons living contrary expectations racial centrality correlated reasons living interaction private regard racial centrality indicating racial centrality function moderator predicting participants reasons living scores implications culturally competent clinical interventions target bolstering private regard discussed