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ArticlePediatrics2019

Suicidality Disparities Between Transgender and Cisgender Adolescents.

Brian C Thoma, Rachel H Salk, Sophia Choukas-Bradley, Tina R Goldstein, Michele D Levine, Michael P Marshal

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Article in Pediatrics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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74 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 191 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brian C ThomaDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and thomabc2@upmc.edu.
Rachel H SalkDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and.
Sophia Choukas-BradleyDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Tina R GoldsteinDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and.
Michele D LevineDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and.
Michael P MarshalDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINING IN CHILD PSYCHIATRYT32MH018951 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI TINA R GOLDSTEIN · 1990 to 2026
$9.7M
CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINING FOR PSYCHOLOGISTST32MH018269 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI MICHELE D LEVINE · 1986 to 2026
$6.3M
Biological Mechanisms of Suicidal Behavior among Sexual Minority Adolescents - SupplementK01MH117142 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI THOMA, BRIAN · 2019 to 2023
$879k
NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH117142NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH018269NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH018951
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesEmerging evidence indicates transgender adolescents (TGAs) exhibit elevated rates of suicidal ideation and attempt compared with cisgender adolescents (CGAs). Less is known about risk among subgroups of TGAs because of limited measures of gender identity in previous studies. We examined disparities in suicidality across the full spectrum of suicidality between TGAs and CGAs and examined risk for suicidality within TGA subgroups.

methodsAdolescents aged 14 to 18 completed a cross-sectional online survey (

resultsAggregated into 1 group, TGAs had higher odds of all outcomes as compared with CGAs. Within TGA subgroups, transgender males and transgender females had higher odds of suicidal ideation and attempt than CGA groups.

conclusionsIn this study, we used comprehensive measures of gender assigned at birth and current gender identity within a large nationwide survey of adolescents in the United States to examine suicidality among TGAs and CGAs. TGAs had higher odds of all suicidality outcomes, and transgender males and transgender females had high risk for suicidal ideation and attempt. Authors of future adolescent suicidality research must assess both gender assigned at birth and current gender identity to accurately identify and categorize TGAs.

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Gender IdentitySuicidal IdeationAdolescentCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHomosexualityHumansMaleSelf-Injurious BehaviorSuicide, AttemptedSurveys and QuestionnairesTransgender PersonsUnited States

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PMID31611339
PMCPMC7011156
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