Latina Adolescents: A Literature Review

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The article references to data collected by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention which articulates that in the United States, Latinas have a high rate of suicidal ideation and attempts compared with other non-Hispanic groups. The data yields statistics about adolescents being at a twenty-one percent for suicide ideation and fourteen percent for suicide attempts. These numbers reflect data for Latina Adolescents between the age ten to twenty-four years of age in the United States. Among these statistics, suicide is remarked as the third leading cause of death within the same age bracket (ten to twenty-four y/o) mentioned above. The article references to numerous sources to evaluate the relationship of specific factors (i.e. family intervention, …show more content…

The same study referenced above, sites factors such as; ‘language use at home’, which in part places barriers on Latina adolescences when attempting to express behavioral anxiety to family or relatives, ‘place of birth’, which examines where these youth come from and how they connect with other youth at an individual level for social acceptance and personal growth, and finally ‘citizenship’, which is largely confusing given the circumstances provided in the ambiguity of policies that alienate youth from seeking services and/or reaching out for support. The authors of ‘Latina Adolescent Suicide Ideations and Attempts: Associations with Connectedness to Parents, Peers, and Teachers’, Susan M. De Luca, PhD, Peter Wyman, PhD, and Keith Warren, PhD, analyze prior research relating to Latina adolescents experience similar challenges and the surrounding variables that shape their decision to engage in suicidal ideation and

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