TY - JOUR
T1 - I felt so hurt and lonely
T2 - Suicidal behavior in South Asian-Surinamese, Turkish, and Moroccan women in the Netherlands
AU - van Bergen, D.
AU - van Balkom, A.J.L.M.
AU - Smit, J.H.
AU - Saharso, Sawitri
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Young immigrant women in the Netherlands demonstrate disproportionate rates of suicidal behavior. This study investigated the origins of suicidal behavior in South Asian-Surinamese, Turkish, and Moroccan immigrant young women in order to identify ethnic- and gender-specific patterns of suicidal behavior. Based on life story interviews of women who had been enrolled in mental health care, we constructed five typical patterns in which social, cultural, and personal factors were interconnected. Suicidal behavior was influenced by the ability and right to act autonomously with regard to strategic life choices, as well as by the questioning of cultural values of self-sacrifice and protection of honor.
AB - Young immigrant women in the Netherlands demonstrate disproportionate rates of suicidal behavior. This study investigated the origins of suicidal behavior in South Asian-Surinamese, Turkish, and Moroccan immigrant young women in order to identify ethnic- and gender-specific patterns of suicidal behavior. Based on life story interviews of women who had been enrolled in mental health care, we constructed five typical patterns in which social, cultural, and personal factors were interconnected. Suicidal behavior was influenced by the ability and right to act autonomously with regard to strategic life choices, as well as by the questioning of cultural values of self-sacrifice and protection of honor.
KW - n/a OA procedure
U2 - 10.1177/1363461511427353
DO - 10.1177/1363461511427353
M3 - Article
SN - 1363-4615
VL - 49
SP - 69
EP - 86
JO - Transcultural psychiatry
JF - Transcultural psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -