The School Discipline–to–Suicide Pipeline? Investigating Discipline Risk and Suicide Outcomes Among Black Adolescents

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Eleven
  In Roundtable Session: Saving Black Lives: Understanding the Role of Physical and Mental Health (Table 11)

Abstract

Using data from the Office of Civil Rights, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Common Core Database, this study investigates if school disciplinary risk influences suicide outcomes among 19,934 high school Black boys and girls in seven urban school districts in the US and to determine if the presence of student support personnel in the district influenced suicide outcomes. Results indicated that the risk of receiving an out-of-school suspension was positively associated with suicide outcomes for Black girls only and school support offered positive and negative associations for both groups.

Authors

• John A. Williams, Texas A&M University
  Presenting Author

• Sonyia Richardson, University of North Carolina - Charlotte
  Presenting Author

• Chance W. Lewis, University of North Carolina - Charlotte
  Non-Presenting Author

• Janae Alexander-Bady, Texas A&M University
  Non-Presenting Author