Suicidal ideation in women and intimate partner violence

Abstract

Objective: to investigate the association between suicidal ideation and intimate partner violence in women. Method: analytical and cross-sectional study carried out in Basic Health Units in Piauí, Brazil, with 369 adult women and with a relationship history. Data were collected from August 2015 to March 2016 using the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales and Self-Reporting Questionnaire, and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science software, version 20.0. Results: 65.3% of the women were found to have suffered intimate partner violence; 61.0%, psychological violence, 32.2%, physical violence, 18.7%, moral violence, and 17.1%, sexual violence. An association was identified between suicidal ideation and intimate partner violence (p = 0.000), psychological violence (p = 0.001), and moral violence (p = 0.000). Victims of intimate partner violence were 4.35 times more likely to think of committing acts against their own lives. Conclusion: suicidal ideation is associated with intimate partner violence, psychological and moral violence.