title: Family function and social support in Iranian self-immolated women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The significance of family function and social support in Iranian self-immolated women was investigated in this study.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a prospective design, we selected 53 cases (31 self-immolated women and 22 women with unintentional burn) from Tehran and Shiraz burn centre (Motahari and Ghotbeddin Shirazi, respectively). The average age of the experimental group was 26.19 (S=7.11) with a burn percentage of 46.11 (S=25.52), and the average age of the control group was 29.15 (S=5.12) and their burn percentage was 43 (S=25.98). Along with Demographic Information Questionnaire, participants were administered Family Assessment Device (FAD) and Social Support Scale (SSS). To analyse data, we used chi-square test (χ(2)), t-test, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and also logistic regression analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data showed that the difference of Family Function sub-scales between the experimental and control groups was not significant (Wilk's lambda=0.75, F=1.67, df=(8, 51), P<0.05). On the other hand, two independent sample t-tests showed a significant difference of Social Support between the two groups (t=-3.31, df=51, P<0.002).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Consistent with previous studies, this research showed that the less Social Support one perceives the more one at risk for self-immolation. Although the mean scores of FAD sub-scales in control group were more than experimental group, there was no significant difference between the two groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Science & Psychology, Islamic Azad University-Sepidan Branch, Sepidan, Iran.
authors.forename: Fereshteh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mostafavi Rad
authors.forename: Mohammad Mohsen
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Anvari
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ansarinejad
authors.forename: Leili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Panaghi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires