INTRODUCTION Gender and ethnic differences exist in suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt among adolescents in the U.S. However, limited research has used theoretically-informed approaches to integrate how cultural and classic risk factors together account for suicide-related pathways among vulnerable populations. Informed by the interpersonal theory of suicide, the present cross-sectional study examined gender differences in the association between a cultural (i.e., discrimination) and classic (i.e., depressive symptomatology) risk factor, and suicidality among youth of Latin American heritage. METHODS A total of 390 Latinx adolescents (ages 13-18; 50% female) attending a high school in Southern California, U.S.A. completed a series of questionnaires that included measures of depressive symptoms, suicidality (including ideation, past attempts, and likelihood of future behavior), perceived discrimination, and demographics. RESULTS We found that discrimination was associated with increased suicidality among Latinx adolescents. The discrimination-suicidality association was stronger for girls versus boys, such that girls who experienced greater discrimination demonstrated the highest levels of suicidality. Although depression was also significantly associated with suicidality, the discrimination x gender interaction was found above and beyond the main effect of depressive symptomatology and covariates. Additional analyses revealed significant gender and moderation effects only for suicidal ideation and not for attempts. CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that the relationship between discrimination and suicidality (particularly ideation) is more pronounced for Latinx girls than boys. This study also highlights the importance of drawing on theory-driven and culturally informed work that incorporates classic and cultural correlates of suicidality among diverse subpopulations.

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对女孩来说更糟？：性别差异是拉丁裔青年中自杀倾向的预测指标。

引言在美国，青少年的自杀观念，计划和尝试中存在性别和种族差异。然而，有限的研究使用了理论上合理的方法来整合文化和经典风险因素如何共同解决脆弱人群中与自杀相关的途径。在人际自杀理论的指导下，本横断面研究考察了文化（即歧视）和经典（即抑郁症状）危险因素之间的性别差异以及拉丁美洲传统青年的自杀倾向。方法共有390名在美国南加州高中就读的拉丁裔青少年（年龄在13-18岁；女性占50％）完成了一系列问卷调查，包括对抑郁症状，自杀倾向（包括观念，过往尝试，和未来行为的可能性），感知的歧视和人口统计信息。结果我们发现，歧视与拉丁裔青少年自杀倾向的增加有关。女孩与男孩的歧视-自杀倾向协会更强，因此遭受更大歧视的女孩表现出最高的自杀倾向。尽管抑郁症也与自杀倾向显着相关，但在抑郁症症状学和协变量的主要作用之外，还发现了歧视x性别相互作用。进一步的分析表明，性别和节制仅对自杀意念有效，而对企图无效。结论这些发现表明，拉丁裔女孩的歧视与自杀（特别是观念）之间的关系比男孩更为明显。