Background:
Impaired life skills, family dysfunction, negative thinking and low life satisfaction may predispose to suicidal behavior. There is paucity of study that examined these variables in suicide attempt.
Aims:
This study was conducted to know the levels and the relationships of these variables in attempted suicide.
Settings and Design:
Hospital-based cross-sectional.
Materials and Methods:
In this hospital-based cross-sectional study, 328 participants with a history of attempted suicide were assessed using socio-demographic and clinical pro forma, life skills profile (LSP), perseverative thinking questionnaire (PTQ), satisfaction with life scale (SLS), and family assessment device (FAD) after obtaining informed consent.
Statistical Analysis:
Descriptive statistics, Mann–Whitney U and Kruskal–Wallis-H test and regression analysis.
Results:
Results revealed a mean scores on PTQ, LSP, SLS, and FAD to be 29.93 (standard deviation [SD] =13.5), 21.32 (SD = 13.5), 15.71 (SD = 6.8), and 26.46 (SD = 4.57), respectively. In linear regression analysis (
R
2
= 0.815, df = 3,
F
= 475.715,
P
= 0.001), LSP score had a statistically significant positive association with PTQ score (beta = 0.861,
t
= 32.76,
P
= 0.001) and FAD score (beta = 0.068,
t
= 2.79,
P
= 0.0046); while negative association with SLS score (beta = −0.078,
t
= −2.92,
P
= 0.004).
Conclusions:
The study findings suggest of impaired life skills, life dissatisfaction, impaired family function, and elevated repetitive negative thinking pattern in attempted suicide. Better life skills have a positive association with higher life satisfaction, family function, and low repetitive thinking and thus seem to have a protective effect against suicidal behavior in the population.