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Citation

Meadows LA, Kaslow NJ, Thompson MP, Jurkovic GJ. Am. J. Community Psychol. 2005; 36(1-2): 109-121.

Affiliation

Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1007/s10464-005-6236-3

PMID

16134048

Abstract

Protective factors (hope, spirituality, self-efficacy, coping, social support-family, social support-friends, and effectiveness of obtaining resources) against suicide attempts were examined in economically, educationally, and socially disadvantaged African American women (100 suicide attempters, 100 nonattempters) who had experienced recent intimate partner violence. Significant positive associations were found between all possible pairs of protective factors. Bivariate logistic regressions revealed that higher scores on each of the seven protective factors predicted nonattempter status; multivariate logistic regressions indicated that higher scores on measures of hope or social support-family showed unique predictive value for nonattempter status. Further, the multivariate model accurately predicted suicide attempt status 69.5% of the time. Partial support was found for a cumulative protective model hypothesizing a linear relationship between the number of protective factors endorsed and decreased risk for suicide attempts. Implications of these findings for community-based preventive intervention efforts and future research are discussed.

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