Thakkar R R, Gutierrez P M, Kuczen C L, McCanne T R
Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb 60115, USA.
Child Abuse Negl. 2000 Oct;24(10):1345-54. doi: 10.1016/s0145-2134(00)00187-3.
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between a history of physical and/or sexual abuse and current suicidality in college-age women. It was hypothesized that abuse history would significantly predict level of suicidality. A secondary hypothesis was that abuse status would predict attitudes about life and death.
Female college students (n = 707) were screened for histories of childhood (before age 15) and adulthood (after age 15) contact sexual abuse and physical abuse sequelae. Ninety-five women reported a history of childhood sexual abuse, 116 adult sexual abuse, 104 child physical abuse, and 55 adult physical abuse. Participants completed measures of attitudes about life and death and current suicidal ideation.
Child physical abuse and child sexual abuse accounted for variance in current suicidal ideation. Adult sexual abuse explained variance in positive attitudes about life. Adult physical abuse, adult sexual abuse, and child sexual abuse accounted for variance in negative attitudes about life. Finally, child sexual abuse and adult sexual abuse accounted for variance in fear of death.
Detailed assessment of female college students' abuse histories should facilitate understanding of their level of suicide risk. Patterns of attitudes about life and death may also be informative.
本研究旨在探讨身体虐待和/或性虐待史与大学适龄女性当前自杀倾向之间的关系。研究假设虐待史能显著预测自杀倾向程度。第二个假设是虐待状况能预测对生死的态度。
对707名女大学生进行筛查，了解其童年（15岁之前）和成年期（15岁之后）遭受性虐待及身体虐待后遗症的情况。95名女性报告有童年性虐待史，116名有成年期性虐待史，104名有童年身体虐待史，55名有成年期身体虐待史。参与者完成了对生死态度及当前自杀意念的测量。
童年身体虐待和童年性虐待可解释当前自杀意念的差异。成年期性虐待可解释对生活积极态度的差异。成年期身体虐待、成年期性虐待和童年性虐待可解释对生活消极态度的差异。最后，童年性虐待和成年期性虐待可解释对死亡恐惧的差异。
对女大学生虐待史进行详细评估应有助于了解她们的自杀风险水平。对生死的态度模式也可能提供有用信息。
