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Erschienen in: Journal of Family Violence 1/2018

02.11.2017 | Original Article

Childhood Abuse, Intrapersonal Strength, and Suicide Resilience in African American Females who Attempted Suicide

verfasst von: Shweta Kapoor, Heather Key Domingue, Natalie N. Watson-Singleton, Funlola Are, Corinn A. Elmore, Courtney L. Crooks, Amber Madden, Sallie A. Mack, Janelle S. Peifer, Nadine J. Kaslow

Erschienen in: Journal of Family Violence | Ausgabe 1/2018

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Abstract

There is a significant association between childhood abuse and suicidal behavior in low-income African American women with a recent suicide attempt. Increasingly, empirical focus is shifting toward including suicide resilience, which mitigates against suicidal behavior. This cross-sectional study examines childhood abuse, intrapersonal strengths, and suicide resilience in 121 African American women, average age of 36.07 years (SD = 11.03) with recent exposure to intimate partner violence and a suicide attempt. To address the hypothesis that childhood abuse will be negatively related to suicide resilience and that this effect will be mediated by intrapersonal strengths that serve as protective factors, structural equation modeling examined the relations among three latent variables: childhood abuse (measured via physical, sexual, and emotional abuse), intrapersonal strengths (assessed by self-efficacy and spiritual well-being), and suicide resilience (operationalized via the three components of suicide resilience—internal protective, external protective, and emotional stability). The initial measurement model and the structural model both indicated excellent fit. Results indicated that childhood abuse was negatively associated with intrapersonal strengths and suicide resilience, intrapersonal strengths were positively associated with suicide resilience, and intrapersonal strengths fully mediated the association between childhood abuse and suicide resilience. Thus, the results suggest a positive and protective influence of intrapersonal strengths on suicide resilience in the face of childhood abuse in suicidal African American women. The clinical implications and directions for future research that emerge from these findings are discussed.
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Metadaten
Titel
Childhood Abuse, Intrapersonal Strength, and Suicide Resilience in African American Females who Attempted Suicide
verfasst von
Shweta Kapoor
Heather Key Domingue
Natalie N. Watson-Singleton
Funlola Are
Corinn A. Elmore
Courtney L. Crooks
Amber Madden
Sallie A. Mack
Janelle S. Peifer
Nadine J. Kaslow
Publikationsdatum
02.11.2017
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Family Violence / Ausgabe 1/2018
Print ISSN: 0885-7482
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2851
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-017-9943-2

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