Citation

Pérez Martínez VT, Parra ZL. Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral 2004; 20(5-6).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004)

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Abstract

In 2 families, where suicide was committed, the Global Family Repercussion was classified as severe,whereas in the other 32 family groups in which a suicide attempt took place, a predominance of elevated family repercussion was found in 56.2 %. In both psychotraumatizing events, the most used support networks were those from the health institutions and from the own family. The most frequent social support was the informative, followed by the emotional. The adaptative capacity of the family groups that suffered from the suicide attempt fluctuated from fair to good. All the groups with a suicide committed showed a poor adaptative capacity. A marked increase of the adaptative resources of the family was observed as the social support received was greater. © 2007 1999, Editorial Ciencias Médicas.

Language: es

Keywords

Social support; Adaptative capacity; Family repercussion