"Let me Count the Ways:" Fostering Reasons for Living Among Low-Income, Suicidal, African American Women

Protective factors for fostering reasons for living were examined among low‐income, suicidal, African American women. Bivariate logistic regressions revealed that higher levels of optimism, spiritual well‐being, and family social support predicted reasons for living. Multivariate logistic regression...

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Published in:Suicide & life-threatening behavior 2011-10, Vol.41 (5), p.491-500
Main Authors: West, Lindsey M., Davis, Telsie A., Thompson, Martie P., Kaslow, Nadine J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
African Americans
African Americans - psychology
At Risk Persons
Biological and medical sciences
Correlation
Family Relationship
Female
Females
Humans
Low Income Groups
Medical sciences
Mental health
Personal Satisfaction
Poverty - psychology
Prediction
Predictor Variables
Psychological Patterns
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Religiosity
Religious Factors
Risk Factors
Social Support
Socioeconomic Factors
Suicidal Ideation
Suicide
Suicides & suicide attempts
Values
Well Being
Women
Women - psychology
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Summary:Protective factors for fostering reasons for living were examined among low‐income, suicidal, African American women. Bivariate logistic regressions revealed that higher levels of optimism, spiritual well‐being, and family social support predicted reasons for living. Multivariate logistic regressions indicated that spiritual well‐being showed unique predictive value for reasons for living. Further, the multivariate model accurately predicted reasons for living 72% of the time. Partial support was found for a cumulative protective model hypothesizing a linear relationship between the number of protective factors endorsed and increased reasons for living. Implications for community‐based preventive and recovery‐oriented intervention efforts and future research are discussed.
ISSN:0363-0234
1943-278X
DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00045.x