Psychosomatic Disorders and their Relationship to the Characteristics of Survivors of Suicide

Abstract

This study aims to identify the level of psychosomatic disorders and their relationship to the characteristics of survivors of suicide in Palestine. The study sample consisted of 155 survivors of suicide. The researcher used the measurement of psychosomatic disorders, which included 36 items within six areas, and the survivors of suicide characteristics measurement, which consisted of 40 paragraphs within five areas. The results revealed a moderate level of psychosomatic disorders among the survivors of suicide and differences in the independent variables (gender, age, number of suicide attempts). The findings also found a moderate level of survivors of suicide characteristics. The results related to the independent variables revealed statistically significant differences in the traits of the survivors of suicide based on the variables of age, marital status, academic level, and the number of suicide attempts).