Tripodi Stephen J, Onifade Eyitayo, Pettus-Davis Carrie
Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2014 Apr;58(4):394-411. doi: 10.1177/0306624X12472879. Epub 2013 Jan 11.
Women entering prison report high rates of childhood victimization. Women in prison also report higher rates of nonfatal suicidal behavior (self-reported suicide attempts) than women in the general population and similar rates to their male counterparts despite having significantly lower suicide rates than males in the general population. Yet, there is a dearth of research that addresses the relationship between childhood victimization and suicidality for women prisoners in the United States. The purpose of this study is (a) to assess the relationship between childhood victimization and nonfatal suicidal behavior for a random sample of women prisoners; (b) to investigate predictive differences between childhood physical victimization, childhood sexual victimization, childhood neglect, and childhood support; and (c) to determine whether women prisoners with higher frequencies of childhood victimization and neglect are more likely to have attempted suicide than women prisoners with lower frequencies. Results indicate that childhood victimization, neglect, and lack of support are all significantly associated with nonfatal suicidal behavior among women prisoners. Frequency of childhood neglect had a larger effect size than frequency of childhood physical victimization, childhood sexual victimization, and lack of support. The results of this study add to the growing body of literature on childhood victimization and suicidality in general, and nonfatal suicidal behavior for prisoner populations in particular. The article ends with a discussion on clinical implications; particularly the finding that frequency of childhood victimization, childhood neglect, and lack of childhood support matters when determining the risk of suicidality.
入狱女性报告称童年受侵害率很高。与普通女性相比，狱中女性报告的非致命自杀行为（自我报告的自杀未遂）发生率也更高，且与男性囚犯的发生率相近，尽管她们的自杀率显著低于普通男性。然而，在美国，针对女性囚犯童年受侵害与自杀倾向之间关系的研究却十分匮乏。本研究的目的在于：（a）评估随机抽取的女性囚犯样本中童年受侵害与非致命自杀行为之间的关系；（b）调查童年身体受侵害、童年性受侵害、童年忽视和童年支持之间的预测差异；（c）确定童年受侵害和忽视频率较高的女性囚犯是否比频率较低的女性囚犯更有可能自杀未遂。结果表明，童年受侵害、忽视和缺乏支持均与女性囚犯的非致命自杀行为显著相关。童年忽视的频率比童年身体受侵害、童年性受侵害和缺乏支持的频率具有更大的效应量。本研究结果为关于童年受侵害与自杀倾向，特别是囚犯群体非致命自杀行为的文献增添了新内容。文章最后讨论了临床意义，尤其是关于童年受侵害频率、童年忽视和童年支持缺乏在确定自杀倾向风险时具有重要意义这一发现。
