Gasperecz Jackson W S, Baumler Elizabeth, Wood Leila, Temple Jeff R
Center for Violence Prevention, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States.
Front Psychiatry. 2023 Jun 2;14:1105654. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1105654. eCollection 2023.
As the second leading cause of death among Americans aged 10 to 34, suicide is a serious public health concern. One potential predictor of suicidality is dating violence (DV) victimization, such as any physical, psychological, or sexual abuse by a current or former intimate partner. However, little longitudinal data exists on the relationship between suicidal ideation and DV. To address this gap in knowledge, we leverage data from two years of our longitudinal study . Specifically, we examine whether physical and psychological DV victimization is associated with subsequent suicidal ideation in our ethnically diverse sample of young adults ( = 678; mean age = 25 at Wave 9; 63.6% female). While physical DV victimization was not linked to suicidal ideation over time, psychological DV victimization was ( = 7.28, = 0.007 for females; = 4.87, 0.027 for males). That psychological abuse was potentially as or more impactful than physical violence is consistent with the broader literature on the deleterious impacts of psychological violence, as well as the limited longitudinal literature looking at DV and suicidality specifically. These findings reinforce the notion that psychological abuse is as consequential as physical violence in the long-term, has unique impacts on mental health, and points to the need for both suicide and violence intervention programs to address this form of dating violence victimization.
自杀是美国10至34岁人群中第二大死因，是一个严重的公共卫生问题。自杀倾向的一个潜在预测因素是约会暴力（DV）受害经历，例如当前或前任亲密伴侣实施的任何身体、心理或性虐待。然而，关于自杀意念与约会暴力之间的关系，纵向数据很少。为了填补这一知识空白，我们利用了为期两年的纵向研究数据。具体而言，我们在我们这个种族多样化的年轻成年人样本（n = 678；第9波时平均年龄 = 25岁；63.6%为女性）中，研究身体和心理约会暴力受害经历是否与随后的自杀意念相关。虽然随着时间推移，身体约会暴力受害经历与自杀意念没有关联，但心理约会暴力受害经历却与之相关（女性：β = 7.28，p = 0.007；男性：β = 4.87，p = 0.027）。心理虐待可能与身体暴力一样具有影响或更具影响，这与关于心理暴力有害影响的更广泛文献以及专门研究约会暴力和自杀倾向的有限纵向文献一致。这些发现强化了这样一种观念，即从长期来看，心理虐待与身体暴力一样具有重要影响，对心理健康有独特影响，并表明需要自杀干预和暴力干预项目来应对这种形式的约会暴力受害经历。
