Suicide attempts and stressful life events among female victims of intimate partner violence living in poverty in Nicaragua.
This article describes a study of 136 female intimate partner violence victims living in poverty in Nicaragua. The paper aimed to analyze the relationship between experiencing stressful life events (SLE) and perceived social support with suicide attempts, and to evaluate the differences in the SLE experienced by female suicide attempters versus non-attempters. The results showed the existence of a high level of SLE among the interviewees, and that women who have attempted suicide have experienced substantially more of these events. Experiences of violence and less social support were especially related to suicide attempts among the interviewees.
Área de Psicología Clínica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
Ana Isabel
AI
Guillén
Sonia
S
Panadero
Esther
E
Rivas
José Juan
JJ
Vázquez
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D008016:Life Change Events; D009527:Nicaragua; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
Suicide attempts; developing country; intimate partner violence; stressful life events