Suicide thought and behaviors, non-suicidal self-injury, and perceived life stress among sexual minority Mexican college students

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AudienciaPúblico en generales_ES
CoberturaMéxicoes_ES
Fecha de ingreso2026-10-05T16:33:40Z
Fecha de publicación2021-01-01
ResumenBackground: Sexual minority college students are at a higher risk for suicidal thoughts and self-injurious behaviors compared to heterosexual students. Minority stress theory proposes sexual minority individuals experience higher stress due to stigma. Using a sample of Mexican college students, this study tested perceived life stress as a mediator of suicide and self-injury outcomes across various sexual orientation groups. Methods: The sample of college students (N=7882) was recruited from nine Mexican universities as part of the WHO World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) initiative. Participants completed an online survey including demographic questions, measure of perceived life stress, suicide outcomes, and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in the past 12 months. Results: Logistic regression analyses revealed identifying as a sexual minority significantly predicted a higher likelihood of suicide ideation (ORs 2.05-3.00), suicide attempts (ORs 2.48-8.73), and NSSI (ORs 2.92-4.18) compared to heterosexual students reporting no same-gender attraction. Significant indirect effects from mediation path analyses showed perceived life stress mediated the relationship between a sexual minority identity and suicide ideation (range of proportion mediated 10.48-31.48\%), attempts (10.48-31.48\%), and NSSI (7.6920.09\%) across each group except among asexual students. Limitations: The cross-sectional nature of the survey design precludes drawing causal inferences. Conclusion: Findings from this study contribute to minority stress theory by elucidating the role of perceived life stress as a mediator of suicide ideation and attempts and NSSI among sexual minority college students. Clinical interventions may benefit in focusing on experiences of stress across various life areas when supporting sexual minority college students.es_ES
Doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.11.038es_ES
URIhttps://riuat.uat.edu.mx/handle/123456789/5488
Idiomaenes_ES
EditorialELSEVIERes_ES
RelaciónJournal of Affective Disorderses_ES
URL relacionadohttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.11.038es_ES
DerechosAcceso abierto (Metadatos de producción científica)es_ES
Licenciahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2es_ES
FuenteJournal of Affective Disorders
Palabra clavesuicidees_ES
Palabra claveself-injuryes_ES
Palabra clavesexual minorityes_ES
Palabra clavecollegees_ES
Palabra claveMexicoes_ES
TítuloSuicide thought and behaviors, non-suicidal self-injury, and perceived life stress among sexual minority Mexican college studentses_ES
TipoArtículoes_ES
ArbitradoHa sido Arbitradoes_ES
AutorRenteria, Roberto
AutorBenjet, Corina
AutorGutierrez-Garcia, Raul A.
AutorAbrego Ramirez, Adrian
AutorAlbor, Yesica
AutorBorges, Guilherme
AutorCovarrubias Diaz Couder, Maria Anabell
Autordel Socorro Duran, Maria
AutorGonzalez Gonzalez, Rogaciano
AutorGuzman Saldana, Rebeca
AutorHermosillo De la Torre, Alicia E.
AutorMaria Martinez-Jerez, Ana
AutorMartinez Martinez, I, Kalina
AutorElena Medina-Mora, Maria
AutorMartinez Ruiz, Sinead
AutorAbigail Paz Perez, Maria
AutorPerez Tarango, Gustavo
AutorZavala Berbena, Maria Alicia
AutorMendez, Enrique
AutorAuerbach, Randy P.
AutorMortier, Philippe
AutorRenteria, Robertoes_ES
AutorBenjet, Corinaes_ES
AutorGutierrez-Garcia, Raul A.es_ES
AutorAbrego Ramirez, Adrianes_ES
AutorAlbor, Yesicaes_ES
AutorBorges, Guilhermees_ES
AutorCovarrubias Diaz Couder, Maria Anabelles_ES
Autordel Socorro Duran, Mariaes_ES
AutorGonzalez Gonzalez, Rogacianoes_ES
AutorGuzman Saldana, Rebecaes_ES
AutorHermosillo De la Torre, Alicia E.es_ES
AutorMaria Martinez-Jerez, Anaes_ES
AutorMartinez Martinez, I, Kalinaes_ES
AutorElena Medina-Mora, Mariaes_ES
AutorMartinez Ruiz, Sineades_ES
AutorAbigail Paz Perez, Mariaes_ES
AutorPerez Tarango, Gustavoes_ES
AutorZavala Berbena, Maria Aliciaes_ES
AutorMendez, Enriquees_ES
AutorAuerbach, Randy P.es_ES
AutorMortier, Philippees_ES
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipases_ES
Rango de páginas891-898es_ES
URL relacionadahttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.11.038
Tipo de artículoIndexado
Tipo de artículoIndexadoes_ES
Volumen281es_ES

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