Risk factors for suicidal behaviors among Filipino Americans: a data mining approach

Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2015 Jan;85(1):34-42. doi: 10.1037/ort0000018. Epub 2014 Aug 11.

Abstract

Filipino Americans have lower suicide rates than other Asian ethnic groups. The present study examined risk factors for suicide ideation and attempt among Filipino Americans with random forest. The data were from the Filipino American Community Epidemiological Study (Takeuchi, 2011). The results showed that the important predictors for suicide ideation were depressive disorder, substance use disorder, and years in the United States. The important predictors for suicide attempt were the number of family relatives and family conflict. Clinicians are advised to investigate familial and cultural factors among Filipino Americans. How family and cultural factors may affect suicidal behaviors were further discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Acculturation
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Asian
  • Chronic Disease
  • Data Mining*
  • Depressive Disorder, Major / ethnology*
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Ethnicity
  • Family Relations
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Philippines / ethnology
  • Risk Factors
  • Social Support
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Substance-Related Disorders / ethnology*
  • Suicidal Ideation*
  • Suicide, Attempted / ethnology*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Young Adult