Document Type
Book Chapter
Version
Final Published Version
Publication Title
xford Handbook of Acculturation and Health
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
This chapter examines how adolescent development and acculturation impact suicidal behavior among Latinas living in the US inner city. After providing an overview of conceptual and empirical premises underlying immigrant youth development, acculturation, and suicidal behaviors, the article discusses cultural influences on Latina adolescents and their families. Drawing on data collected between 2005 and 2009, it then explores the various individual and interpersonal changes that Latina teens go through as a result of developmental and acculturative processes and how these changes relate to risks for suicide attempts. Based on cases that illustrate the developmental and acculturation trajectories of Latina nonattempters and attempters, the chapter suggests that acculturation to street culture shapes the suicidal behavior of Latina teens growing up in urban poverty.
Citation
Hausmann-Stabile, C., Gulbas, L., & Zayas, L.H. (2016). 2016. "Growing up in the inner city: Exploring the adolescent development and acculturation of urban suicidal Latinas." In S. Schwartz & J. B. Unger (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Acculturation and Health. Oxford Press.
DOI
http://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190215217.013.17