title: Mental Pain and Suicidal Tendencies in Sexual and Physical Abuse Victims.
abstract: We examine differential effects of mental pain and suicidal tendencies in female victims who have been sexually and physically abused, hypothesizing that sexual abuse victims report more mental pain and suicidal tendencies than physical abuse victims. A group of 98 women completed questionnaires that measured mental pain, suicidal tendencies and thoughts, and demographic details. Sexual abuse victims suffered more mental pain than physical abuse victims while the physical abuse victims demonstrated more repulsion by life than sexual abuse victims. Only sexual abuse victims demonstrated less attraction to life and only physical abuse victims showed more attraction to death.
authors.forename: Inbar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kremer
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Orbach
authors.forename: Tova
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rosenbloom
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D000066550:Physical Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: mental pain; physical abuse; sexual abuse; suicidal tendencies