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“Let me Count the Ways:” Fostering Reasons for Living Among Low‐Income, Suicidal, African American Women
Author(s) -
West Lindsey M.,
Davis Telsie A.,
Thompson Martie P.,
Kaslow Nadine J.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.2011.00045.x
Subject(s) - bivariate analysis , optimism , logistic regression , multivariate statistics , psychology , multivariate analysis , gerontology , intervention (counseling) , social support , protective factor , demography , medicine , environmental health , social psychology , psychiatry , sociology , statistics , mathematics
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.