Risk and Protective Factors in Ecuadorian Adolescent Survivors of Suicide
Suicide is one of the main causes of death among the adolescent population, which is why it is considered an important mental-health problem. In addition to this situation, for each suicide, the group of people who survive it (known as suicide survivors) can present serious emotional affectations, b...
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| author | Marly Johana Bahamón José Julián Javela Stefano Vinaccia Shadye Matar-Khalil Andrés Cabezas-Corcione Evelyn Esther Cuesta |
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| description | Suicide is one of the main causes of death among the adolescent population, which is why it is considered an important mental-health problem. In addition to this situation, for each suicide, the group of people who survive it (known as suicide survivors) can present serious emotional affectations, becoming a population at risk for this problem. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of suicide-survivor status on risk factors and protective factors for suicide. A total of 440 adolescents with a mean age of 15.78 (SD = 1.74) participated, who were divided according to survivor status, identified as the SV group (79 cases), and non-survivors, identified as the NSV group—adolescents that did not have experience or contact with a suicide attempt (361 cases). A questionnaire of sociodemographic characterization and risk conditions, the Alexian Brother Urge to Self-Injure (ABUSI), the Plutchik Suicide Risk Scale, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and the Cognitive and Affective Empathy Test (TECA) were applied. Descriptive statistics, mean difference for independent samples, contingency tables, X2 statistic, Fisher’s exact statistic, and Cohen’s d coefficient were used. The results show significant differences between SV and NSV participants in risk and protective factors regarding the presence of a greater adoption of perspective and emotional understanding. On the other hand, NSV adolescents presented higher scores of perceived social supports regarding risk factors, and there was a higher proportion of a history of suicide attempt, severity/hospitalization, impulse to self-harm, and level of suicidal risk in the SV group. The need to incorporate forms of suicide prevention with the survivor population is discussed, increasing the possibilities of postvention. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c174e43dcd7d492fa4b56d18cb24d5ab2023-11-17T10:21:50ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672023-03-0110354910.3390/children10030549Risk and Protective Factors in Ecuadorian Adolescent Survivors of SuicideMarly Johana Bahamón0José Julián Javela1Stefano Vinaccia2Shadye Matar-Khalil3Andrés Cabezas-Corcione4Evelyn Esther Cuesta5Psychology Program, I-Flor Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sinú, Montería 230002, ColombiaPsychology Program, I-Flor Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sinú, Montería 230002, ColombiaPsychology Program, I-Flor Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sinú, Montería 230002, ColombiaPsychology Program, I-Flor Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sinú, Montería 230002, ColombiaPsychology Program, I-Flor Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sinú, Montería 230002, ColombiaPsychology Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, Technological University Indoamérica, Ambato 180103, EcuadorSuicide is one of the main causes of death among the adolescent population, which is why it is considered an important mental-health problem. In addition to this situation, for each suicide, the group of people who survive it (known as suicide survivors) can present serious emotional affectations, becoming a population at risk for this problem. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of suicide-survivor status on risk factors and protective factors for suicide. A total of 440 adolescents with a mean age of 15.78 (SD = 1.74) participated, who were divided according to survivor status, identified as the SV group (79 cases), and non-survivors, identified as the NSV group—adolescents that did not have experience or contact with a suicide attempt (361 cases). A questionnaire of sociodemographic characterization and risk conditions, the Alexian Brother Urge to Self-Injure (ABUSI), the Plutchik Suicide Risk Scale, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and the Cognitive and Affective Empathy Test (TECA) were applied. Descriptive statistics, mean difference for independent samples, contingency tables, X2 statistic, Fisher’s exact statistic, and Cohen’s d coefficient were used. The results show significant differences between SV and NSV participants in risk and protective factors regarding the presence of a greater adoption of perspective and emotional understanding. On the other hand, NSV adolescents presented higher scores of perceived social supports regarding risk factors, and there was a higher proportion of a history of suicide attempt, severity/hospitalization, impulse to self-harm, and level of suicidal risk in the SV group. The need to incorporate forms of suicide prevention with the survivor population is discussed, increasing the possibilities of postvention.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/3/549suicide survivorssuicidesuicidal behaviorself-injuryadolescent |
| spellingShingle | Marly Johana Bahamón José Julián Javela Stefano Vinaccia Shadye Matar-Khalil Andrés Cabezas-Corcione Evelyn Esther Cuesta Risk and Protective Factors in Ecuadorian Adolescent Survivors of Suicide Children suicide survivors suicide suicidal behavior self-injury adolescent |
| title | Risk and Protective Factors in Ecuadorian Adolescent Survivors of Suicide |
| title_full | Risk and Protective Factors in Ecuadorian Adolescent Survivors of Suicide |
| title_fullStr | Risk and Protective Factors in Ecuadorian Adolescent Survivors of Suicide |
| title_full_unstemmed | Risk and Protective Factors in Ecuadorian Adolescent Survivors of Suicide |
| title_short | Risk and Protective Factors in Ecuadorian Adolescent Survivors of Suicide |
| title_sort | risk and protective factors in ecuadorian adolescent survivors of suicide |
| topic | suicide survivors suicide suicidal behavior self-injury adolescent |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/3/549 |
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