title: Intimate partner violence and suicidality in low-income African American women: a multimethod assessment of coping factors.
abstract: This study used quantitative and qualitative methods to examine psychological factors that influence links between intimate partner violence (IPV) and suicidality in a sample of low-income African American women. Quantitative results demonstrated greater general coping, more efficacious behavioral strategies in response to IPV, more effective use of resources, greater use of social support, and less substance use among women who did not attempt suicide compared with those who did. Qualitative findings showed that suicide attempters showed less adaptive coping strategies aimed at accommodating the abuser, whereas non-attempters were more focused on strategies that supported leaving the relationship and/or avoiding further harm.
authors.affiliation: Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Reviere
authors.forename: Eugene W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Farber
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Twomey
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okun
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zanville
authors.forename: Nadine J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Kaslow
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires