Table 2.
Results of multinomial logistic regression of suicide behavior on selected covariates. Data from the study “Variables Psicosociales Implicadas en el Desarrollo de Adolescentes y Jóvenes, VIDA-J [Psychosocial Variables Implicated in Adolescents’ and Youth’s Development]” in Aguascalientes, Mexico (n = 8033).
| Variable | Self-Injuries | Low-Lethality Suicide Attempt |
High-Lethality Suicide Attempt |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | aOR | p | 95% CI | OR | aOR | p | 95% CI | OR | aOR | p | 95% CI | ||||
| ll | uL | ll | uL | ll | uL | ||||||||||
| Depression | |||||||||||||||
| No | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | |||||||
| Yes | 4.78 | 1.21 | 0.193 | 0.91 | 1.62 | 8.17 | 1.69 | <0.001 | 1.40 | 2.05 | 9.88 | 2.59 | <0.001 | 1.58 | 4.24 |
| Hopelessness | |||||||||||||||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | ||||||
| Yes | 3.59 | 1.73 | <0.001 | 1.35 | 2.22 | 3.42 | 1.30 | 0.024 | 1.04 | 1.63 | 4.25 | 1.54 | 0.002 | 1.17 | 2.02 |
| Anxiety (BAI) | |||||||||||||||
| Minimal | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | ||||||
| Mild | 2.37 | 1.33 | 0.129 | 0.92 | 1.94 | 3.32 | 1.49 | 0.001 | 1.17 | 1.89 | 1.72 | 0.88 | 0.503 | 0.61 | 1.28 |
| Moderate | 3.75 | 1.33 | 0.096 | 0.95 | 1.86 | 7.04 | 1.77 | <0.001 | 1.35 | 2.31 | 4.25 | 1.17 | 0.478 | 0.75 | 1.83 |
| Severe | 6.40 | 1.52 | 0.111 | 0.91 | 2.54 | 12.93 | 1.85 | 0.003 | 1.25 | 2.74 | 11.32 | 1.66 | 0.056 | 0.99 | 2.79 |
| Past Month Use | |||||||||||||||
| Marijuana | |||||||||||||||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | ||||||
| Yes | 1.91 | 1.14 | 0.427 | 0.83 | 1.56 | 2.28 | 1.28 | 0.179 | 0.89 | 1.83 | 2.83 | 1.01 | 0.981 | 0.58 | 1.75 |
| Inhalants | |||||||||||||||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | ||||||
| Yes | 1.77 | 1.78 | 0.032 | 1.05 | 3.00 | 1.4 | 0.89 | 0.708 | 0.48 | 1.66 | 2.13 | 0.51 | 0.114 | 0.22 | 1.18 |
| Cocaine | |||||||||||||||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | ||||||
| Yes | 1.47 | 0.68 | 0.449 | 0.25 | 1.85 | 1.35 | 0.72 | 0.400 | 0.34 | 1.55 | 2.74 | 1.55 | 0.334 | 0.63 | 3.77 |
| Methamphetamines | |||||||||||||||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | |||||||
| Yes | 1.34 | 0.59 | 0.291 | 0.22 | 1.58 | 1.24 | 0.83 | 0.570 | 0.43 | 1.61 | 2.25 | 1.01 | 0.977 | 0.43 | 2.41 |
| Alcohol | |||||||||||||||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | ||||||
| Yes | 1.83 | 1.14 | 0.192 | 0.93 | 1.40 | 2.23 | 1.17 | 0.121 | 0.96 | 1.42 | 2.77 | 1.44 | 0.053 | 0.99 | 2.07 |
| Tobacco | |||||||||||||||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | ||||||
| Yes | 2.27 | 1.67 | 0.001 | 1.23 | 2.28 | 2.88 | 1.92 | < 0.001 | 1.49 | 2.49 | 3.54 | 1.93 | < 0.001 | 1.35 | 2.76 |
| Emotional intelligence | |||||||||||||||
| Emotional attention | |||||||||||||||
| Adequate | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | ||||||
| Too little | 1.34 | 1.10 | 0.509 | 0.82 | 1.47 | 1.06 | 0.91 | 0.265 | 0.77 | 1.07 | 1.11 | 0.86 | 0.424 | 0.58 | 1.26 |
| Too much | 1.62 | 1.40 | 0.053 | 0.99 | 1.97 | 1.09 | 0.94 | 0.656 | 0.72 | 1.23 | 1.46 | 1.02 | 0.925 | 0.66 | 1.57 |
| Emotional clarity | |||||||||||||||
| Adequate | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | ||||||
| Too little | 1.66 | 0.94 | 0.666 | 0.71 | 1.25 | 1.63 | 0.91 | 0.487 | 0.69 | 1.20 | 1.57 | 0.73 | 0.059 | 0.52 | 1.01 |
| Too much | 1.12 | 1.57 | 0.023 | 1.07 | 2.32 | 0.61 | 0.86 | 0.410 | 0.59 | 1.25 | 1.21 | 1.60 | 0.058 | 0.98 | 2.60 |
| Emotional repair | |||||||||||||||
| Adequate | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | ||||||
| Too little | 1.74 | 1.12 | 0.355 | 0.88 | 1.41 | 1.90 | 1.13 | 0.288 | 0.90 | 1.43 | 2.56 | 1.62 | 0.002 | 1.19 | 2.19 |
| Too much | 0.67 | 0.66 | 0.076 | 0.42 | 1.05 | 0.71 | 0.97 | 0.799 | 0.76 | 1.24 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 0.491 | 0.76 | 1.76 |
| High-School Grade | |||||||||||||||
| 9th | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | ||||||
| 10th | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.080 | 0.64 | 1.03 | 0.92 | 0.84 | 0.043 | 0.71 | 0.99 | 1.08 | 0.97 | 0.813 | 0.73 | 1.28 |
| 11th | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.007 | 0.57 | 0.91 | 0.95 | 0.89 | 0.101 | 0.77 | 1.02 | 0.89 | 0.81 | 0.134 | 0.62 | 1.07 |
| Sex | |||||||||||||||
| Male | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | (referent) | ||||||
| Female | 2.40 | 2.07 | <0.001 | 1.74 | 2.46 | 2.94 | 2.09 | <0.001 | 1.80 | 2.44 | 1.80 | 1.44 | 0.003 | 1.14 | 1.82 |
| Attachment * | |||||||||||||||
| Security | 0.62 | 0.77 | 0.001 | 0.66 | 0.90 | 0.61 | 0.79 | <0.001 | 0.71 | 0.89 | 0.55 | 0.71 | <0.001 | 0.59 | 0.85 |
| Family preoccupation | 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.276 | 0.84 | 1.05 | 1.16 | 1.02 | 0.770 | 0.89 | 1.16 | 0.94 | 0.97 | 0.726 | 0.80 | 1.17 |
| Parental interference | 1.15 | 0.97 | 0.710 | 0.84 | 1.13 | 1.32 | 1.08 | 0.287 | 0.93 | 1.25 | 1.14 | 1.15 | 0.066 | 0.99 | 1.32 |
| Parental authority | 0.80 | 0.96 | 0.579 | 0.84 | 1.10 | 0.83 | 0.92 | 0.184 | 0.82 | 1.04 | 0.73 | 0.96 | 0.712 | 0.79 | 1.18 |
| Parental permissiveness | 1.22 | 1.10 | 0.277 | 0.92 | 1.32 | 1.1 | 0.93 | 0.165 | 0.83 | 1.03 | 1.09 | 0.99 | 0.891 | 0.83 | 1.18 |
| Resentment | 1.79 | 1.26 | 0.003 | 1.09 | 1.47 | 2.04 | 1.22 | 0.003 | 1.08 | 1.39 | 1.59 | 0.99 | 0.868 | 0.85 | 1.15 |
| Childhood trauma | 1.93 | 1.33 | <0.001 | 1.15 | 1.53 | 2.12 | 1.37 | <0.001 | 1.21 | 1.56 | 2.02 | 1.42 | 0.001 | 1.17 | 1.73 |
| POSIT * | |||||||||||||||
| Drugs | 1.44 | 1.13 | 0.010 | 1.03 | 1.24 | 1.56 | 1.20 | <0.001 | 1.13 | 1.28 | 1.69 | 1.27 | <0.001 | 1.18 | 1.37 |
| Mental health | 2.34 | 1.39 | <0.001 | 1.18 | 1.63 | 3.06 | 1.58 | <0.001 | 1.41 | 1.77 | 2.77 | 1.38 | 0.004 | 1.11 | 1.72 |
| Low self-esteem * | 1.56 | 1.12 | 0.018 | 1.02 | 1.23 | 1.7 | 1.17 | 0.002 | 1.06 | 1.30 | 1.72 | 1.17 | 0.006 | 1.05 | 1.31 |
* Denotes a continuous variable, standardized with mean = 0 and standard deviation = 1; the estimates accommodate the complex survey design; statistical tests account for design effect; OR denotes “Odds Ratio”; aOR denotes “Adjusted OR”; 95% CI denotes “95% Confidence Interval”; the nominal base category is “No suicide behavior”.