COMPARING RESILIENCE AND CONFRONTATION METHODS IN ORDINARY GIRLS AND THOSE WHO ATTEMPT SUICIDE IN ILAM

The aim the present research was to compare resilience and the confrontation methods in girls who attempt suicide and the ordinary girls in Ilam. The statistical universe of the research included all of girls who have referred to the emergency section of both Talqani and Mostafa Xomeini hospitals. Of these girls 75 were selected as the ordinary girls and the same number were selected as those attempted suicides through in availability sampling. To collect the related data the Connor & Davidson Scale of resilience and Mous & Bilinger scale of the confrontation strategies were employed. The findings showed that there is a significant difference between resilience and problem-solving based confrontation methods and emotion-centered methods. This difference showed that the girls having attempted suicide had a weak resilience and less frequently made use of solution based confrontation methods; they more frequently used emotion centered confrontation methods. The results can be used to prevent from suicide and can also be used in strategies for improving mental health and also selecting the appropriate confrontation method for those attempting suicide.