Citation

Zanini DS, Baptista MN, de Faria ACGM, da Silva Santos YDL, Araújo DMA. Arq. Bras. Psicol. 2021; 73(1): 104-120.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)

DOI

10.36482/1809-5267.ARBP2021v73i1p.104-120

PMID

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Abstract

Suicide involves ideations and/or attempts that can lead to death. Its increase in adolescence demands preventive and health-promoting public policies.

OBJECTIVES: 1) to disclose, by means of documentary analysis, the indexes and methods of suicide by sex in a city of Goiás between the years of 2005 and 2012; 2) to endorse the preva-lence of ideation and attempted suicide among adolescents; 3) to assess a relationship between idea and suicide attempt and behavioral problems, and 4) to analyze sociodemographic and clinical risks associated with suicide attempts. A probabilistic sample of 368 adolescents (13 to 18 years old), responded to the Youth Self Report. There is a high prevalence of suicide in the city (M = 2.37 cases/year in a city with approximately 2,200 adolescents). 12.8% of the sample reported attempting suicide, and 18,2% thought to commit suicide, of which 47.8% actually attempted suicide. Ideation and attempted suicide correlated significantly with all behavioral problems surveyed. Variables such as suicidal ideation and type of school were predictors of suicide attempts. © 2021. Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia.All Rights Reserved

Language: pt

Keywords

Suicide; Suicide attempt; Suicidal ideation; Teenagers