Domestic violence and suicide behavior: Women descriptions of violence and its effects

The domestic violence has been associated to suicide behavior in female victims. However, the subjective dimension of this association has been slightly studied. The aim of this work was to identify situations of domestic violence in adult female suicide attempters and the emotional state associated...

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Autores: Morfín López, Teresita, Sánchez-Loyo, Luis Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUANAJUATO
Repositorio:Acta Universitaria
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:www.actauniversitaria.ugto.mx:article/886
Acceso en línea:https://www.actauniversitaria.ugto.mx/index.php/acta/article/view/886
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Violencia doméstica
tentativa suicida
cultura
género
familia.
Suicidología
Estudios de Género
Domestic violence
suicide attempt
culture
gender
family.
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Sumario:The domestic violence has been associated to suicide behavior in female victims. However, the subjective dimension of this association has been slightly studied. The aim of this work was to identify situations of domestic violence in adult female suicide attempters and the emotional state associated to the violence. 20 female suicide attempters participated. A semi-structured interview was applied to each participant. Findings were organized as follows: descriptions of domestic violence; relation between violence and suicide attempt; duty of helping others in family nevertheless her emotional state; internalized violence; isolation and emptiness as the emotions associated with suicide and violence; suicide as solutions to domestic violence. The association between suicide and domestic violence are sustained in family and gender values and beliefs. Females may be emotionally damaged by these cultural values.