Despite over a century of research examining the macro-level link between religion and suicide, only recently has research examined this important relationship for Latinos within the United States. Such research has grown more essential in light of the growing geographic diversification of Latinos in the United States over the past two decades with increasing settlement beyond traditional Latino communities and into “new destinations.” Therefore, our aim was to answer two key questions: (1) What is the impact of the religious context on Latino suicide across emerging and traditional points of settlement? and (2) Are religious contextual characteristics associated with Latino suicide differently for native- or foreign-born Latinos in each of these types of communities? Our results suggest that (1) religion has no impact on Latino suicide in traditional destinations, (2) only Catholicism negatively impacts foreign-born Latino suicide in new destinations, and (3) native-born Latinos’ suicide is negatively impacted by Catholicism, mainline Protestantism, and evangelical Protestantism. We discuss the implications of these findings.

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拉丁裔自杀与宗教：考察不同目的地、宗教传统和本土与外国出生群体之间的差异

尽管对宗教与自杀之间的宏观联系进行了一个多世纪的研究，但直到最近才有研究检查了美国境内拉丁裔的这一重要关系。鉴于过去 20 年美国拉丁美洲人的地理分布日益多样化，越来越多的定居点超出传统拉丁裔社区并进入“新目的地”，因此此类研究变得更加重要。因此，我们的目标是回答两个关键问题：（1）宗教背景对跨新兴和传统定居点的拉丁裔自杀有何影响？(2)在这些类型的社区中，本地或外国出生的拉丁裔与拉丁裔自杀相关的宗教背景特征是否不同？我们的结果表明（1）宗教对传统目的地的拉丁裔自杀没有影响，（2）只有天主教会对新目的地的外国出生的拉丁裔自杀产生负面影响，（3）本土出生的拉丁裔自杀受到天主教的负面影响，主线新教和福音派新教。我们讨论了这些发现的含义。