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“We are not Minorities, we have been Minoritized”: Exploring sexual violence and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Ohio youth with oppressed identities using the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Bauder, Christina Rose
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7701-2347
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618490257273101

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2021, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Educational Studies.
Background: Suicide is the second leading cause of death among youth ages 10-24 in the United States. Suicidal thoughts and behaviors disparately affect youth with oppressed identities, including those with oppressed racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual minority identities. These youth also are more likely to experience sexual violence, including sexual assault, and teen dating violence. Objective: The purpose of this dissertation research was to examine the relationship between self-reports of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, sexual violence, and both single and intersectional oppressed identities of youth in Ohio. This research also contextualizes relationships between these indicators through an eclectic theoretical framework including Intersectionality Theory, Critical Suicidology, the Cultural Model of Suicide. This study examined the following four research questions: 1) are youth in Ohio that hold single and intersectional, or multiple, oppressed identities based on race and ethnicity, sexual orientation and sex more likely to endorse suicidal thoughts and behaviors; 2) are youth in Ohio with single or intersectional oppressed identities more likely to experience sexual violence 3) are youth who hold these identities and have experienced sexual violence more likely to have suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study used responses from the 2019 Ohio Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS; n=1,263) to examine the relationships between key identity variables through a series of bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models. Results: The results of this study suggest that youth with both single and intersectional oppressed identities are between four to five times more likely to have suicidal thoughts and behaviors when compared to their counterparts. These youth are also more likely to experience sexual assault, especially female youth, LGB youth, and those holding intersectional oppressed identities. Conclusions: These findings reveal that suicidal thoughts and behaviors disparately affect Ohio youth with single and intersectional oppressed identities as well as those with a history of sexual violence, especially sexual assault. Implications suggest that individuals and entities across the spectrum of youth suicide prevention in Ohio should understand the increased risk that youth with intersectional oppressed identities face for both sexual violence and suicide.
Colette Dollarhide, Ed.D. (Advisor)
134 p.
Counseling Education; Public Health
Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors, Sexual Violence, Public Health, Intersectionality, Critical Suicidology

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  • Bauder, C. R. (2021). “We are not Minorities, we have been Minoritized”: Exploring sexual violence and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Ohio youth with oppressed identities using the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618490257273101

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bauder, Christina. “We are not Minorities, we have been Minoritized”: Exploring sexual violence and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Ohio youth with oppressed identities using the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. 2021. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618490257273101.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bauder, Christina. "“We are not Minorities, we have been Minoritized”: Exploring sexual violence and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Ohio youth with oppressed identities using the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618490257273101

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