Citation

Muyan M, Chang EC. J. Interpers. Violence 2016; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260516675465

PMID

27807205

Abstract

The present study examined hope as a potential mediator of the association between intimate partner violence (IPV) and suicidal risk, namely, depression and suicide ideation, in a sample of 149 Turkish female college students.

RESULTS from conducting bootstrapped mediation analyses indicated that hope agency, but not hope pathways, mediated the link between IPV and suicidal risk in Turkish women. Importantly, the associations of IPV with both depression and suicide ideation became nonsignificant once hope was included in the prediction model. Some implications of the present findings for hope theory and practice in the context of IPV victimization among Turkish women are discussed.

© The Author(s) 2016.

Language: en