TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clark, Terryann C.
AU  - Robinson, Elizabeth
AU  - Crengle, Sue
AU  - Fleming, Theresa
AU  - Ameratunga, Shanthi
AU  - Denny, Simon
AU  - Bearinger, Linda H.
AU  - Sieving, Renee E.
AU  - Saewyc, Elizabeth
TI  - Risk and protective factors for suicide attempt among indigenous Māori youth in New Zealand: the role of family connection
U1  - 613.043308999442 22
PY  - 2011///
PB  - National Aboriginal Health Organization
KW  - ADOLESCENTS
KW  - CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
KW  - DEPRESSION
KW  - HAUORA HINENGARO
KW  - HEALTH
KW  - MĀORI
KW  - MENTAL HEALTH
KW  - RANGAHAU MĀORI
KW  - RONGOĀ WHAKAIRANGI
KW  - STATISTICS
KW  - SUBSTANCE ABUSE
KW  - SUICIDE
KW  - SURVEYS
KW  - TAIOHI
KW  - TAITAMARIKI
KW  - TATAURANGA
KW  - YOUNG PEOPLE
KW  - YOUTH2000
KW  - MATE WHAKAMOMORI
KW  - TŪKINOTANGA Ā-WHĀNAU
KW  - PATU TAMARIKI
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
KW  - RAWEKE TAMARIKI
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Journal de la Santé Autochton, March 2011, 18-31; Also available in an electronic ed
N2  - " The purpose of this study was to (1) describe risk and protective factors associated with a suicide attempt for Māori youth and (2) explore whether family connection moderates the
relationship between depressive symptoms and suicide attempts for Māori youth. Secondary analysis was conducted with 1702 Māori young people aged 12–18 years from an anonymous representative national school-based survey of New Zealand (NZ) youth in 2001. A logistic regression and a multivariable model were developed to identify risk and protective factors associated with suicide attempt. An interaction term was used to identify whether family connection acts as a moderator between depressive symptoms and a suicide attempt. Risk factors from the logistic regression for a suicide attempt in the past year were depressive symptoms (OR = 4.3, p < 0.0001), having a close friend or family member commit suicide (OR = 4.2, p< 0.0001), being 12–15 years old (reference group: 16–18 years) (OR = 2.7, p < 0.0001), having anxiety symptoms (OR = 2.3, p = 0.0073), witnessing an adult hit another adult or a child in the home (OR = 1.8, p = 0.001), and being uncomfortable in NZ European social surroundings (OR = 1.7, p = 0.0040). Family connection was associated with fewer suicide attempts (OR = 0.9, p = 0.0002), but this factor did not moderate the relationship between depressive
symptoms and suicide attempt (χ2 = 2.84, df = 1, p = 0.09). Family connection acts as a compensatory mechanism to
reduce the risk of suicide attempts for Māori students with depressive symptoms, not as a moderating variable." (Authors' abstract). Access the Adolescent Health Research Group (AHRG) website for other publications and information about the Youth 2000 surveys. Record #5007
UR  - http://www.naho.ca/jah/english/jah07_01/07_01_02_maori-suicide-risk.pdf
UR  - https://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/en/faculty/adolescent-health-research-group.html
ER  -