Sadia Rasheed, Mazhar Mufti, Rizwan Taj, Najma Najam.
Relationship between suicidal ideation, social support and coping skills in female prisoners of a jail in Pakistan.
J Pak Psych Soc Jan ;2(2):85-7.

Objectives: To compare the convicted and under trial female prisoners on suicidal ideation, coping skills and social support. Design: Cross-sectional comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: Adyiala Jail Rawalpindi. Data is collected in six month duration i.e., May 2004 to Nov 2004. Subjects And Methods: Sample of the study consisted of 40 female prisoners in which 20 were convicted and other 20 were under trial. Majority of the sample was in the range of 25-35years (57.5%), unmarried (50%) and educated till middle (67.5).Instruments used were Beck Suicidal Ideation Scale, Social Support Questionnaire and Brief COPE. Results: The result shows that under trial female prisoners use more avoidance copings as compared to convicted female prisoners. It means that un-convicted female prisoners have more negative thinking, more self blame, behavior disengagement venting and denial as compared to convicted female prisoners. But the difference is non significant (t=1.43, p=.16). Conclusion: Present study shows that social support and coping skills have greater impact on prisoner`s suicidal ideation. The higher the social support the higher the coping skill and lesser the suicidal ideation.

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