Citation

Goodman ML, Seidel SE, Gibson D, Lin G, Patel J, Keiser P, Gitari S. Community Ment. Health J. 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Community Health Department, Maua Methodist Hospital, Maua, Meru County, Kenya.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-020-00572-0

PMID

32020388

Abstract

The first study focused on a three-month chart review containing information on suicide attempts (n = 34) admitted to a local mission hospital in Meru County, Kenya. The second study utilized a cross-sectional survey administered to men 18-34 years old (n = 532) residing in rural Kenya. Data posit intimate partnership discord as salient to suicide ideation and behavior. Men who reported their partner status was "divorced" had four-times the odds of reporting suicide ideation than other partnership states, an association significantly mediated by loneliness. Violent conflict tactics predicted suicidal ideation, mediated by loneliness and decreased marital satisfaction.

Language: en

Keywords

Hospitalization; Intimate partnerships; Kenya; Suicidal ideation; Young men