The mediating roles of perceived social support and resources in the self-efficacy-suicide attempts relation among African American abused women.
The authors examined whether self-efficacy among African American abused women decreased their risk of suicide attempts through the mediating influences of perceived social support from friends, perceived social support from family, and perceived effectiveness for obtaining material resources. The sample consisted of 100 women who presented to a hospital following a suicide attempt and 100 women who presented to the same hospital for nonemergency medical problems. Results revealed that the association between self-efficacy and suicide attempt status was partially accounted for by the mediating roles of perceived social support from friends and family, and perceived effectiveness at obtaining resources. Findings suggest that interventions to increase abused women's self-efficacy should focus on increasing their capacity to obtain social and material resources.
Thompson
Martie P
MP
Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA. mpthomp@clemson.edu
Kaslow
Nadine J
NJ
Short
Lynn M
LM
Wyckoff
Sarah
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012938:Social Perception; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data