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The association between different traumatic life events and suicidality.
Hildur G Ásgeirsdóttir1, Unnur A Valdimarsdóttir1,2,3, Þórdís K Þorsteinsdóttir4,5
1Centre of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
European Journal of Psychotraumatology
|September 18, 2018
Summary
Traumatic life events significantly increase suicidality risk, particularly interpersonal trauma in men. This study highlights the strong link between adverse life experiences and suicidal ideation across genders.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Epidemiology
- Trauma Studies
Background:
- Traumatic life events are linked to psychiatric disorders and suicidality.
- Understanding the specific associations between trauma types and suicidality is crucial for targeted interventions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the association between different types of traumatic life events and suicidality.
- To examine these associations by gender.
Main Methods:
- A web-based questionnaire assessed traumatic life events (Life Stressor Checklist - Revised) and suicidality (DSM-5 criteria) in women (n=689) and men (n=709).
- Poisson regression analysis was used to calculate relative risks (RRs), adjusted for demographic factors.
Main Results:
- The prevalence of lifetime traumatic events was high in both genders (76% women, 77% men).
- Overall, traumatic events were associated with suicidality (RR 2.05), with a stronger link in men (RR 3.14) than women (RR 1.45).
- Interpersonal trauma, childhood trauma, and sexual trauma showed increased suicidality likelihood, especially in men. Non-interpersonal trauma was linked to suicidality in men only.
Conclusions:
- Traumatic life events are significantly associated with suicidality, particularly in men.
- Interpersonal trauma demonstrated the strongest association with suicidality across both genders.
Keywords:
Traumagenderlife eventssuicidal thoughts and behaviour• Traumatic life events were associated with suicidality.• Non-interpersonal trauma was associated with suicidality among men, but not women.• Interpersonal trauma was associated with suicidality for both genders, with a higher likelihood among men.
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