The role of early maladaptive schemas, social support and perceived gender discrimination in predicting suicidal tendency in women with self-immolation experience
Subject Areas : PsychologyMaryam Shabrang Moridani 1 , Mozhgan Abbasi Abrazgah 2 , hossein abbasi 3 , masoud shakeri 4 , mohadeseh mohamadpour 5
1 - Ph.D., General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Arak branch, Arak, Iran.
2 - Ph.D., General Psychology, Islamic Azad University Qom branch, Qom, Iran.
3 - Master's student, clinical psychology, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan branch, Zanjan, Iran.
4 - Master's Degree, Family Counseling, Ahvaz Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
5 - Master's Degree, Family Counseling, Islamic Azad University, Qayinat Branch, Qayinat, Iran.
Keywords: perceived gender discrimination, social support, self-immolation, suicidal tendency, primary maladaptive schemas, women,
Abstract :
The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of primary maladaptive schemas, social support and perceived gender discrimination in predicting suicidal tendency in women with self-immolation experience. This research was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of this research included all married women aged 18 to 55 years with a history of self-immolation who referred to health centers in the city of Dohdasht in the second half of 2021, and 160 people were selected by purposive sampling. The research tools included Beck's Suicidal Thoughts Questionnaire (1961), Young Schema Short Form Questionnaire (1988), Zimmet et al.'s Perceived Social Support Questionnaire (1988), and Klonoff and Landrin's Gender Discrimination Events Questionnaire (1995). The data were analyzed using Piron's correlation and multiple regression simultaneously. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between initial maladaptive schemas, perceived gender discrimination and suicidal tendencies, and a negative and significant relationship between social support and suicidal tendencies (p<0.01). Also, the results have shown that initial maladaptive schemas, social support, and perceived gender discrimination predict 0.59 suicide tendency in women with self-immolation experience.