Giving Up Hope: A Study of Attempted Suicide Amongst Indian Women |
Contents
THE SINGAPOREAN CASE | 13 |
MARRIAGE AND MIGRATION | 20 |
INDIAN WOMANHOOD | 39 |
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adherents to traditional adjustment arranged marriages attempted suicide rate attitudes Bangladesh boyfriend brides causes of stress chapter childhood community in Singapore conflict context crisis daughter daughter-in-law disapproved dowry effects especially ethnic groups family interrelationship problems family members family-centredness father feelings friends Hindu Hinduism husband importance of marriage in-laws Indian community Indian culture Indian females Indian girl Indian immigrant Indian Singaporean Indians in Singapore Indra Kuala Lumpur lives of Indian love marriages majority Malay Malayalee Malaysia male marital problems married women mental mother mother-in-law Muslim negative Number of Respondents Parasuicide parental home parents-in-law pottu prakrti psychological Punjabi Rasheeda relationship problems religion sakti self-injury Siddique Sikh Singaporean Indian women social learning process social services social stigma social workers socialisation socio-cultural factors South Asian subcommunities suffering suicidal attempt Suicide in Singapore supportive network Tamil traditional customs understanding wife woman women in Singapore women interviewed women sampled