Ella Campana | Office of Undergraduate Research

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Session 4

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Impacts of Religiosity on Suicidality and Non-Suicidal Self Injury for Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents

There has been substantial literature about the benefits of having support from a religious community during stressful times. However, for sexual and gender minorities the opposite has been found, and religiosity becomes a risk factor. This study aims to look at sexual and gender minority youth, and see how religiosity impacts suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury. We will be analyzing data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, and predict that suicidality and NSSI will each be positively correlated with religiosity.

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is a unit within the Office of Undergraduate Education that connects undergraduate students with research opportunities throughout the University of Minnesota.