Evidence Supporting an Independent Association between Childhood Physical Abuse and Lifetime Suicidal Ideation

A regionally representative Canadian sample was used to investigate the gender‐specific relationship between childhood physical abuse and lifetime suicidal ideation. The prevalence of suicidal ideation was about five times higher in abused men and women compared with their nonabused counterparts. Af...

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Published in:	Suicide & life-threatening behavior Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 279 - 291
Main Authors:	Fuller-Thomson, Esme, Baker, Tobi M., Brennenstuhl, Sarah
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-06-2012 Wiley-Blackwell Guilford
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Adult Survivors of Child Abuse - psychology Aged Aged, 80 and over Association At Risk Persons Biological and medical sciences Canada Child Child Abuse Child abuse & neglect Child Abuse - psychology Child Health Child Rearing Childhood Chronic Illness Comparative Analysis Correlation analysis Discriminant analysis Female Foreign Countries Gender Differences Health Behavior Humans Incidence Male Medical sciences Mental Disorders Mental Health Middle Aged Psychological Patterns Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Risk-Taking Saskatchewan Social Class Socioeconomic Status Stress Stress Variables Suicidal Ideation Suicide Suicides & suicide attempts Victimology Victims Young Adult Canada Saskatchewan Social environment Lifetime Child abuse Violence Mental health Victimology Suicide ideation Public health
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Summary:	A regionally representative Canadian sample was used to investigate the gender‐specific relationship between childhood physical abuse and lifetime suicidal ideation. The prevalence of suicidal ideation was about five times higher in abused men and women compared with their nonabused counterparts. After controlling for five clusters of potentially confounding factors (adverse childhood conditions, socioeconomic factors, health behaviors, psychosocial stressors/chronic illnesses, and mental health), childhood physical abuse was significantly associated with suicidal ideation (ORadjusted women = 4.48, 95% CI = 3.32–6.04; men = 3.57, 95% CI = 2.08–6.14). These findings suggest childhood physical abuse is independently associated with suicidal ideation and highlight the importance of providing preventative treatment to childhood abuse survivors.
Bibliography:	ArticleID:SLTB89 istex:0F81DA1079CB62BF51B1B625AAC55E9AA8D84DB8 ark:/67375/WNG-X44G1FK7-2 We would like to thank Angela Dalton and Yi Xin Rachel Zhou for their help with the manuscript preparation. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0363-0234 1943-278X
DOI:	10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00089.x