Hope as a Mediator of the Link Between Intimate Partner Violence and Suicidal Risk in Turkish Women: Further Evidence for the Role of Hope Agency

Muyan M., Chang E. C.

JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, cilt.34, ss.4620-4637, 2019 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/0886260516675465
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.4620-4637
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: culture, women, intimate partner violence, hope, suicidal risk, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HEALTH, PREVALENCE, MODERATOR, ANXIETY, TURKEY, ADULTS, MEN
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The present study examined hope as a potential mediator of the association between intimate partner violence (IPV) and suicidal risk, namely, depression and suicide ideation, in a sample of 149 Turkish female college students. Results from conducting bootstrapped mediation analyses indicated that hope agency, but not hope pathways, mediated the link between IPV and suicidal risk in Turkish women. Importantly, the associations of IPV with both depression and suicide ideation became nonsignificant once hope was included in the prediction model. Some implications of the present findings for hope theory and practice in the context of IPV victimization among Turkish women are discussed.