Suicidality In Young Asian Women: The Role Of Shame

............................................................................................................. 4 Introduction........................................................................................................ 5 Definitions......................................................................................................... 6 Prevalence of Suicide........................................................................................ 9 Models of Suicide............................................................................................. 25 Religion, Restriction and Role Conflicts: The Meaning of Suicide 35 Shame............................................................................ 51 Conclusions....................................................................................................... 60 References......................................................................................................... 62 Part 2: Suicidality in Young Asian Women: The Role o f Shame 73 Abstract.............................................................................................................. 74............................................................................................................. 74 Introduction....................................................................................................... 75 M ethod............................................................................................................... 85 Results............................................................................................................... 90 Discussion......................................................................................................... 98 References........................................................................................................ 108 Part 3: Researching Shame and Suicidality in Young Asian 114 Women: A Critical Appraisal Why Study Suicidality in Young Asian W omen?.................................. 115 Strengths, Weaknesses and Limitations of the Study............................. 116 Researching Shame in an Asian Cultural Context.................................. 120 Why Might a Sharam Experience Lead to Suicide?............................... 123 Personal Reflections on the Research Process........................................ 125 References.................................................................................................. 129 List of Tables and Figures Figure 1. Proposed Etiological Model of Suicidal Behaviour (Yang & Clum, 1996).............................................................. 31 Figure 2. Interrelation of factors in deliberate self-harm in young Asian females (Thompson & Bhugra, 2000)......................... 34 Figure 3. Proposed Model of Suicidality in Young Asian Women 84 Figure 4. Revised Model of Suicidality in Young Asian Women 107 Table 1. Correlation matrix for all shame variables.............................. 94 Table 2. Correlation matrix for all suicidality variables....................... 94 Table 3. Means, medians, standard deviations, significance between groups and Chronbach’s alpha levels...................... 95