Lindi A. Meadows|Nadine J. Kaslow|Martie P. Thompson|Gregory J. Jurkovic
Protective Factors Against Suicide Attempt Risk Among African American Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
Georgia State University|Grady Memorial Hospital|Emory University|Grady Health System|Clemson University|Georgia State University
protective factors hope spirituality selfefficacy coping social supportfamily social supportfriends effectiveness obtaining resources suicide attempts examined economically educationally socially disadvantaged african american women 100 suicide attempters 100 nonattempters experienced recent intimate partner violence significant positive associations found possible pairs protective factors bivariate logistic regressions revealed higher scores seven protective factors predicted nonattempter status multivariate logistic regressions indicated higher scores measures hope social supportfamily showed unique predictive value nonattempter status multivariate model accurately predicted suicide attempt status 695 time partial support found cumulative protective model hypothesizing linear relationship number protective factors endorsed decreased risk suicide attempts implications findings communitybased preventive intervention efforts future research discussed