Citation

Guillén AI, Panadero S, Rivas E, Vázquez JJ. Scand. J. Psychol. 2015; 56(3): 349-356.

Affiliation

Área de Psicología Clínica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Scandinavian Psychological Associations, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/sjop.12207

PMID

25727343

Abstract

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.

Language: en