Introduction

For the past several decades, Latina adolescents have consistently shown high rates of suicidal behaviors (i.e., suicidal ideation, planning, and attempts), higher than Latino adolescents and adolescents of most other ethnic groups. Yet, progress toward establishing evidence-based intervention efforts to address this urgent public health issue has been slow. The purpose of this narrative review is to summarize empirical findings on etiological factors associated with Latina adolescent suicidal behaviors using an ecodevelopmental, gender-specific framework that contextualizes Latina adolescent development.

Methods

To be included, peer reviewed empirical manuscripts had to focus on suicidal behaviors (i.e., suicide attempts, suicide plan, and/or suicidal ideation) of adolescents (ages 11–19 or in grades 7–12) who self-identified as either Latina or Hispanic and a girl in the United States.

Results

A total of 19 studies met review criteria and focused on microsystemic and intrapersonal predictors. Microsystemic predictors included family (i.e., family-adolescent discrepancies in acculturation, family functioning, family-daughter interactions), peer (i.e., victimization, friendships), and school (i.e., functioning, achievement) factors, while intrapersonal predictors were emotional vulnerability, psychosocial functioning, and substance use.

Conclusions

Family-related phenomena were the most widely studied. Research on school and peer microsystems was comparatively sparse, and several promising intrapersonal development factors have been underexplored. A notable limitation of existing studies is that samples consisted primarily of U.S.-born adolescents living in urban areas. Additional research is needed to characterize factors on other ecodevelopmental levels, identify resilience processes, and examine within-group diversity among Latina adolescents. Implications for intervention and future directions are discussed.

中文翻译：

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拉丁裔青少年的自杀行为：生态发展方法和叙事回顾

介绍

在过去的几十年里，拉丁裔青少年一直表现出很高的自杀行为（即自杀意念、计划和企图），高于拉丁裔青少年和大多数其他种族的青少年。然而，在建立以证据为基础的干预措施以解决这一紧迫的公共卫生问题方面进展缓慢。本叙述性综述的目的是使用生态发育、性别特定的框架来总结与拉丁裔青少年自杀行为相关的病因因素的实证研究结果，该框架将拉丁裔青少年的发展背景化。

方法

要被纳入，同行评审的经验手稿必须关注自我认定为拉丁裔青少年（11-19 岁或 7-12 年级）的自杀行为（即，自杀未遂、自杀计划和/或自杀意念）。或西班牙裔和美国的一个女孩。

结果

共有 19 项研究符合审查标准，并侧重于微系统和内省预测因素。微系统预测因素包括家庭（即家庭-青少年在文化适应、家庭功能、家庭-女儿互动方面的差异）、同伴（即，受害、友谊）和学校（即，功能、成就）因素，而内省预测因素是情绪脆弱性，心理社会功能和物质使用。

结论

与家庭有关的现象是研究最广泛的。对学校和同伴微系统的研究相对较少，几个有希望的内在发展因素尚未得到充分探索。现有研究的一个显着限制是样本主要由居住在城市地区的美国出生的青少年组成。需要更多的研究来表征其他生态发展水平的因素，确定复原力过程，并检查拉丁裔青少年的群体内多样性。讨论了干预和未来方向的影响。