Research Article
Can Better Mother-Daughter Relations Reduce the Chance of a Suicide Attempt among Latinas?
Table 1
Description of adolescent suicide attempters (
) and Nonattempters (
).
| | Variable | All adolescents | Attempters | Non
attempter | | M(SD)/
(%) | M(SD)/
(%) | M(SD)/
(%) |
| | Age | 15.5 (2.0) | 15.3 (1.8) | 15.6 (2.3) | .814 | | Parent education | 10.6 (3.7) | 10.2 (3.8) | 11.0 (3.5) | .148 | | Hispanic group | | | | | | Puerto Rican | 82 (35.3%) | 44 (36.1%) | 38 (34.6%) | .809 | | Dominican | 64 (27.6%) | 38 (31.5%) | 26 (23.6%) | .505 | | Mexican | 27 (11.6%) | 17 (13.9%) | 10 (9.1%) | .178 | | Colombian | 23 (9.9%) | 5 (4.0%) | 18 (16.4%) | .007 | | Other | 36 (15.5%) | 20 (16.4%) | 16 (14.5%) | .505 | | Hispanic cultural involvement | 2.9 (0.7) | 2.9 (0.7) | 2.9 (0.6) | .697 | | US cultural involvement | 3.6 (0.5) | 3.5 (0.5) | 3.6 (0.4) | .851 | | Mother-daughter mutuality | 4.2 (0.9) | 3.9 (0.9) | 4.4 (0.8) | .001 | | Withdrawn depressive | 5.9 (3.4) | 7.4 (3.1) | 4.4 (3.0) | .001 | | Anxious depressive | 8.2 (5.6) | 10.7 (5.6) | 5.6 (4.2) | .001 | | Somatic complaints | 6.3 (4.0) | 7.7 (4.1) | 4.9 (3.1) | .001 |
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