ArticleJAACAP open2025
The Moderating Role of Race/Ethnicity in Suicide Risk and Family Connectedness in Youth Presenting to the Emergency Department.
Article in JAACAP open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Introduction to a Special Series on Youth Suicide.JAACAP open · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Objective: Significant racial disparities exist in youth suicide rates. Research has identified family connectedness as a strong protective factor against suicide. However, the role of family in youth mental health can vary based on cultural factors that may differ across race and/or ethnicity. This study aimed to evaluate how race/ethnicity moderates the association between suicide risk and family connectedness. Method: This secondary analysis of Emergency Department Screen for Teens at Risk for Suicide (ED-STARS) study 1 included youth ages 12 to 17 years. Data were obtained for race/ethnicity, family connectedness (combined score of 2 items, range 2 [low] to 10 [high]), and the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) tool. Binary logistic regression assessed the association between family connectedness and positive ASQ screen, with race/ethnicity as a moderator. Results: Data for 5,514 participants (50.9% female, 45.8% non-Hispanic White, mean [SD] age = 15.0 [1.7] years) were analyzed. Of all participants, 23.5% (1,293/5,514) screened positive for suicide risk. Overall, participants reported high family connectedness (mean [SD] = 8.2 [1.74]). Multiracial participants had the lowest average family connectedness (7.93) and the highest screen positive rate (28.34% [70/247]). For a 1-unit increase in family connectedness, the odds of screening positive were significantly lower for Black/African American participants (odds ratio 0.54, 95% CI 0.49-0.59) compared to White participants (odds ratio 0.46, 95% CI 0.43-0.49) (difference: Conclusion: The protective effect of family connectedness for suicide risk may vary by race/ethnicity. In this study, family connectedness was less protective against suicide risk for Black/African American youth compared to White youth. Findings highlight the importance of cultural considerations in family-based interventions for suicide prevention.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.