Suicide among young people is an increasingly prevalent and devastating public health crisis around the world. To reduce the rate of suicide, it is important to identify factors that can help us better predict suicidal ideation and behaviors. Adolescent temperament (effortful control, negative emotionality, positive emotionality) may be a source of risk and resilience for the onset of suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts. The present study uses longitudinal data from a large, community sample of Mexican-origin youth (N = 674), assessed annually from age 12 to 21, to examine how temperament is associated with the onset of suicidal ideation and behaviors during adolescence and young adulthood. Results indicate that higher levels of effortful control (activation control, inhibitory control, attention) are associated with decreased probability of experiencing the onset of suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts, whereas higher levels of negative emotionality (particularly aggression, frustration, and depressed mood) are associated with increased probability of experiencing the onset of suicidal ideation and behaviors. Positive emotionality (surgency, affiliation) was not associated with the onset of suicidal ideation and behaviors. Supplemental analyses showed conceptually similar findings for the Big Five, with Conscientiousness associated with decreased risk, Neuroticism associated with increased risk, and the other three dimensions showing largely null results. The findings did not vary significantly for boys and girls or for youth born in the U.S. versus Mexico. Overall, these findings suggest that adolescent temperament serves as both a protective factor (via effortful control/Conscientiousness) and a risk factor (via negative emotionality/Neuroticism) for suicidal ideation and behaviors in Mexican-origin youth. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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气质在自杀念头和整个青春期行为中的作用：一项针对墨西哥籍青年的为期10年的纵向研究得出的结果。

年轻人自杀是世界范围内日益普遍和破坏性的公共卫生危机。为了降低自杀率，重要的是要找出可以帮助我们更好地预测自杀意念和行为的因素。青少年的气质（努力控制，消极的情绪，积极的情绪）可能是自杀念头，计划和尝试发作的风险和韧性的来源。本研究使用来自墨西哥社区青年的大型社区样本（N = 674）的纵向数据，每年从12岁到21岁进行评估，以检查性情与自杀念头的发生以及青春期和成年期的行为之间的关系。 。结果表明，较高级别的努力控制（激活控制，抑制控制，注意）与自杀意念，计划和尝试发作的可能性降低相关，而更高水平的负面情绪（尤其是攻击性，沮丧和沮丧的情绪）与自杀意念和行为发作的可能性增加相关。积极的情绪（紧急状态，从属关系）与自杀意念和行为的发生无关。补充分析显示，五大巨头在概念上相似的发现，尽责与降低风险有关，神经质与增加风险相关，其他三个方面则基本上没有结果。对于美国和墨西哥出生的男孩和女孩，或在美国出生的年轻人，发现没有显着差异。全面的，这些发现表明，青少年气质既是墨西哥裔青年自杀意念和行为的保护因素（通过努力控制/尽责），又是危险因素（通过消极的情绪/神经病）。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2021 APA，保留所有权利）。