title: "Let me count the ways:" fostering reasons for living among low-income, suicidal, African American women.
abstract: Protective factors for fostering reasons for living were examined among low-income, suicidal, African American women. Bivariate logistic regressions revealed that higher levels of optimism, spiritual well-being, and family social support predicted reasons for living. Multivariate logistic regressions indicated that spiritual well-being showed unique predictive value for reasons for living. Further, the multivariate model accurately predicted reasons for living 72% of the time. Partial support was found for a cumulative protective model hypothesizing a linear relationship between the number of protective factors endorsed and increased reasons for living. Implications for community-based preventive and recovery-oriented intervention efforts and future research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Grady Health System, 80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, NE, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
authors.forename: Lindsey M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Telsie A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Martie P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Nadine J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Kaslow
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*