Suicide attempts and stressful life events among homeless people in Madrid (Spain)

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ID12396124
AuthorsSonia Panadero (0000-0002-5470-0251, Complutense University of Madrid Madrid Spain), Rosa M Martín (Universidad de Alcalá), Rosa Martín (University of Alcalá Madrid Spain), José Juan Vázquez (0000-0003-4601-1920, University of Alcalá Madrid Spain, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume28
Issue4
Pages200-212
Publication date2018-05-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1052-9284 • E-ISSN: 1099-1298
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/casp.2351
OpenAlexW2807151082
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited47

The article describes a study carried out with a representative sample of homeless people in Madrid (Spain; N = 188). This study aims to corroborate the relationship identified in the literature between stressful life events and suicidal behaviour in a group in a situation of social exclusion, to assess the differences in the number and characteristics of stressful life events experienced by homeless people who are attempters and non‐attempters, and to identify which combination of stressful life events enables discrimination for suicide attempts among homeless people. The results show that 30% of homeless people in Madrid had attempted suicide, and 57.9% of them had done so for the first time when they were homeless. The interviewees are shown to have experienced a large amount of stressful life events, with substantially more stressors experienced by the homeless people who tried to commit suicide, during both their childhood and adolescence and throughout their life. Finally, we found that the combination of 7 stressful life events provided the best possible discrimination between homeless attempters and non‐attempters

Commit · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Stressor · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

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