Health Disparities
Negative external experiences increase risk for suicide attempt in transgender adults Katherine Medina* Katherine Medina Nishanthi Anthonipillai
Existing research has explored possible risk factors associated with increased risk for a suicide attempt. Some of these have pointed towards lack of social support increases risk and increased support acts as a buffer against suicidality. However, few studies have examined the relationship in transgender adult population. Through an analysis of the TransPop dataset, transgender population only, the association between social support and negative external experiences, and risk of suicide attempts. Utilizing step-wise logistic regression, model 1 revealed disability status as significant in increasing odds for suicide attempt (OR=1.98, 95% CI: 1.18, 3.36). Whereas in model 2, disability was not significant nor was social support; ACE score (OR=1.30, 95% CI: 1.11, 1.51) and everyday discrimination (OR=1.94, 95% CI: 1.31, 2.88) increased odds for suicide attempts. Therefore demonstrating the negative effect of discrimination and early adverse experiences.