Regulatory Factors

Furthermore, the prevalence of mental has large racial differences on the physical aspects of their health status. It comes across outcomes that tend to be persistent over time. For most procedures, physical health status in blacks has higher rates in indisposition and humanity than whites. There is some growing evidence that stress and poor social conditions may play such a role in these higher rates of illness in socially disadvantaged populations (Williams,1999). Also, can be plenty of assumptions that are in socially disadvantage groups. Where African Americans are those being elevated at risk of mental health problems. It’s

As the rate of suicides increases in our nation, it has risen consistently with white males leading the way, as shown in figures 1 and 2. There are many theories behind what is driving this, however there are no hard facts behind any of these theories and there is still no concrete reason why white males are more prone to commit suicide.

Feelings of isolation have been linked to higher suicide rates. Durkheim’s study on suicide during the industrial revolution supports this theory as he states that, “people were increasingly disconnected from their communities and that this social upheaval had a greater effect on suicide rates than other factors like wealth” (Winner & Collishaw, 2011). Interestingly enough, despite the increase of media attention on suicide, no studies have been published that explain why suicide rates vary among different groups. However, various factors are involved in the decision to commit suicide. As a result, suicide rates vary according to race, gender and age.

The terms race, ethnicity and culture have not generally agreed upon definitions. When it comes to race, ethnicity, and culture there is a growing interest, maybe due to the psychiatric and psychological studies that are showing the possible link between mental disorders, personality, and moral development especially during the her

Over the past decade suicide rates have been either stagnant or have been decreasing over all of the demographics of people. One demographic of people's suicide rate, on the other hand, has risen at a substantial rate. Scientists and researchers have just started studying this trend and have yet to draw one specific reason on why middle aged white males suicide rates are climbing. The suicide rate for this demographic of people has just surpassed the deaths by automobile accidents. This recent epidemic has got many researchers and scientists asking the question of “why?”.

Low suicide and eating disorder rates among African Americans suggest that, individuals of the African American community may have effective coping mechanisms to help protect against such pathological behaviors. It is proposed that one of the main mechanisms is the continued dependence on Afrocentric identification versus a more Eurocentric one. Thus, it is the aim of this study to investigate if and under what conditions ethnic identification becomes a predictor of suicide in African American men and eating disorder symptomatology in African American women.

There is a dramatic difference between the suicide rates of Caucasians and Non- Caucasian individuals. There are multiple reasons as to why that could be. One of the possible reasons for that stems from how our very society has been formed. When looking at the history, specifically here in the United States, we find that many Non-Caucasian groups of individuals have suffered at the hands of Caucasians in some way shape or form. Through that suffering, there was something that developed within those groups of people, resilience, strength, flexibility, and toughness. Non-Caucasian groups of people, for the most part, are use to the struggle that comes with being a minority so when all these hardships are happening, they do what their

Fourgere stated, “Resilience is one of purported protective factor that has been highlighted as being of potential importance.” This was stated in regards of some protective factors that are involved with risk factors in offenders. Protective factors are those supposedly known to relate to positive outcomes. Protective factors are those conditions or attributes such as skills, strength, resources, supports, or coping strategies in individuals, families, communities or larger societies that help people deal more effectively with stressful events and mitigate or eliminate risk in families and communities. Resilience is the capacity to recover quick from difficulties. This is a trait or characteristic that has been thought to keep some young offenders from reoffending, Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY), Structured Assessment of Protective Factors for Violence Risk, and Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability are some risk assessment tools that related to resilience. Resilience has been identified as both a personal quality or characteristic, as well as a means of coping. Forensics concluded resilience being a trait, a quality that makes one person different from another, or a characteristic, a special quality or trait that makes a person thing, or group different from others. Both defined show a few similarities but remained distinct depending solely on the individual and their circumstances.

Throughout history, including today, minority groups such as African Americans and Hispanics have been discriminated. These two groups are being discriminated by the higher power class such as the elite whites. African Americans and Hispanics have been murdered by whites committing such violent acts against them. It is seen that today there is no longer slavery and segregation system, but it has been reported by the mass media that African Americans have committed and have the highest homicide and crime rates. Not only do African Americans have high homicide and crime rates, but high rates of killing among themselves for example gang killings. In order to support these claims, there are four relevant sociological theories. There are several common factors within the four theories which are father’s education, father’s occupation, and ability for African Americans to make a change. The four sociological theories are Human Capital Theory, Social Functionalist Theory, Cultural Deficiency Theory, and Intergenerational Mobility Theory. These theories will help answer why African Americans have higher crime rates among any other group.

She interviewed 120 young adults of both genders between the ages of 18 and 32. The participants are all from the state of New York. There family backgrounds and socioeconomical background is very differs. Gerson finds that today’s young generation is far from wanting a fallback to a traditional marriage nor to they want a commitment free life. The majority of the young she interviews said that their most desirable family option is a long-term intimate egalitarian relationship and great balance between work

In Where Have the Good Men Gone?, Kay S. Hymowitz argues that men are no longer achieving the steps of adulthood.(477) It seems today that men settle down into an oblivion and state of being in between the roles of a boy and a man, called pre-adulthood. Hymowitz claims that the rise of women has turned men into boys, leading men to have no aspirations such as receiving their high school diplomas, financial independence, marriage, and having children. (477) While teenage girls are constantly developing into mature, young women with foreseeable futures, teenage boys only care about beating their high score on a video game, according to the author.(477) Pre-adulthood has also led to changes in the sexual hierarchy.

In a study conducted by the Minnesota Department of Health (2003), researchers addressed mental health disparities between communities of color and the White community in several areas of health and well-being. Results indicated that although the amount of Asian Americans and African Americans students living in Greater Minnesota is relatively small, they reported much higher levels of several key risk behaviors than do their counterpart. More specifically, African Americans tend to score twice as worse as their White counterparts in most areas (sexual activity, fighting, emotional distress, smoking, drinking, family ties, activities, and etc.).

Social factors, especially marriage, are a highly motivating during middle adulthood. The ability to have a successful marriage and create intimacy with other person can create happiness. Adults involved in a primary relationship, such as marriage, are generally happier than single adults (pg. 456). On page 456 it states that the key to a successful relationship includes three elements; passion, intimacy and decision/commitment. During middle adult hood, many individuals want to create a family. They may find this task rewarding but quite stressful (pg. 457). As the children grow they provide new stressors for the parent such as independence, risk taking and creating a supportive environment (pg 457). Individuals also worry about generativity and how well they can develop the next generation.

In his study he found that certain social groups where more likely to commit suicide than others; for example, Protestants were more likely to commit suicide than Catholics; as ‘the Catholic Religion integrated its members more strongly into a religious community’ (Haralambos and Horlborn, 2000: 975). Durkheim based this upon the

statistics displayed that some categories of people were more prone to take their own lives,