QUALITY OF LIFE, COPING STYLES AND SOCIAL SUPPORT IN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE CASE CONTROL STUDY

Suicide has a multi-factorial etiology, but some of the important psychosocial variables like quality of life, coping styles and social support are less addressed issues.AIM-The present study aimed to study the quality of life, coping styles and social support in suicide attempters and controls thereby attempting to identify risk factors and protective factors of suicide. MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY-A total of 30 consecutive suicide attempters were compared with age, gender and marital status matched controls using COPE inventory, Multidimensional scale of Perceived Social Support and WHO QOL-BREF.RESULTS-Attempters had significantly lower adaptive coping skills, social support and lower quality of life than controls.CONCLUSION-The present findings suggest that training individuals for to use more adaptive coping skills, enhancing social support and promoting good physical, psychological and environmental well-being seem to be effective preventive strategies against suicide attempts.