Citation

Fuller-Thomson E, Baker TM, Brennenstuhl S. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2012; 42(3): 279-291.

Affiliation

Esme Fuller-Thomson, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work & Department of Family and Community Medicine; Tobi. M. Baker, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work; and Sarah Brennenstuhl, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00089.x

PMID

22494105

Abstract

A regionally representative Canadian sample was used to investigate the gender-specific relationship between childhood physical abuse and lifetime suicidal ideation. The prevalence of suicidal ideation was about five times higher in abused men and women compared with their nonabused counterparts. After controlling for five clusters of potentially confounding factors (adverse childhood conditions, socioeconomic factors, health behaviors, psychosocial stressors/chronic illnesses, and mental health), childhood physical abuse was significantly associated with suicidal ideation (OR(adjusted) women = 4.48, 95% CI = 3.32-6.04; men = 3.57, 95% CI = 2.08-6.14). These findings suggest childhood physical abuse is independently associated with suicidal ideation and highlight the importance of providing preventative treatment to childhood abuse survivors.

Language: en