Marital Abuse and Suicide Ideation among Abused Women Prof. Brar Reetinder*, Kaur Rupi Rupinder** *Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Relations, Govt. Home Science College, Chandigarh, India **Research Scholar, Department of Home Science, Post Graduate Govt. College for Girls, Sector-42, Chandigarh, India Author correspondence: Prof. Reetinder Brar, Department of Human Development and Family Relations, Govt. Home Science college, Sector 10, Chandigarh. Email: reetinderbrar@hotmail.com
Online published on 27 September, 2019. Abstract The present investigation was conducted to gain insight into women going through abuse in marriage and suicide ideation amongst abused women from middle income group belonging to Chandigarh. The study was conducted on 100 abused women out of which 50 were with children and 50 were without children. Standardized tool namely, t-test was used to compare suicide ideation amongst abused women with children and abused women without children. Percentages were used to assess the number of women going through physical, emotional, sexual abuse and neglect. The objectives of the research were to examine the percentage of women going through physical, emotional, sexual abuse, and neglect and compare suicide ideation amongst abused women with children and abused women without children, The results showed that majority of the sample population was a victim of physical abuse and emotional abuse, it was also found that there were significant differences in suicide ideation among abused women with and without children. Abused women without children reported higher suicidal ideation. Top Keywords Suicide ideation, Abused women. Top |